azalea wrote on Jan 19^th, 2015 at 8:09pm:

Quote: I'd use my smaller point-and-shoot camera for those spontaneous rain soaked moments. Given the quality of the images you can now get with waterproof point-and-shoots, I just can't see taking my DSLR on wilderness trips. My DSLR is old and I just bought a Nikon,   (You need to Login or Register. The point and shoot has 4 time the resolution of my "good" camera.  The big downside of the Nikon is it has no viewfinder, just the LCD.

Dumped my boat at West lake on a solo.......ruined my Cannon SLR which was supposedly in a "dry bag" which I didn't seal properly and it put a big damper (no pun intended) on the whole trip.

Enter in Panasonic Lumix which I wear right on my hip, always available, waterproof and shockproof. Throw in an extra battery and I'm good to go. Zoom is a bit limited but that just means I need to get close......edit on the computer and its fine for the casual observer. 

Of course if photography is the emphasis it wouldn't replace proper equipment. But what I have found is if the camera is neatly tucked away then the pic is generally not taken.