The Advantages of a Waterproof Digital Camera

My brother does some freelance photography work for a couple of local publications, and one night he had to go out and shoot a soccer tournament when it was about 38 degrees and raining outside. That was when we first discovered the advantages of a waterproof digital camera.

I was actually with my brother at the camera store when he bought his waterproof digital camera, and I thought that he was wasting his money. I saw no point in getting a camera that was waterproof, because it never even occurred to me that he would be using it one day to take photos for a newspaper, and that sporting events were sometimes played in the rain. I just assumed that he would be taking pictures of flowers and butterflies and bore me to tears with all the photos he had taken.

We got to the tournament, and it was not so bad outside. It was in the upper 50s and drizzling, but not that uncomfortable. Within the first hour, however, a cold front moved in and dropped the temperature to 38 degrees and the rains started coming down much harder. My brother had brought his waterproof digital camera and was snapping away, while a photographer from another paper was also shooting photos on his camera.

We all went up to the press box at halftime of the game to warm up and see what my brother and the photographer got, and I was amazed. The other photographer’s camera was not a waterproof digital camera, and he was having all kinds of problems getting it to work. In additions, he had wrapped his in all kinds of plastic bags and it literally looked like a big piece of trash. Worst of all, when the photos actually came out, my brother’s were clear and vibrant while the other photographer’s were dull.

When halftime was over, my brother and the other photographer both went back to the field and went back out to the stands. It was amazing for me to watch the difference in the way the two were carrying out their work, because my brother was still as enthusiastic as he had been when we first arrived. The other photographer seemed to become increasingly irritated and despondent about his camera, and had to keep adjusting it and tinkering with it to get it to work.

I will never question my brother’s judgment again when it comes to camera equipment, because he obviously knows what he is talking about. I would have never imagined that a waterproof digital camera would have made that much of a difference, but it did, and he got some great shots in some very challenging weather conditions!

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