Please help I know literally fucking nothing about cameras.
My mom wants a point-and-shoot that's waterproof or at least water resistant, and pretty tough. She's no photographer or tech person - can't even give her a smartphone - so won't be messing with any settings.
What are models to look at? Don't want to spend more than necessary. I don't suppose /CSG/ is any help with still cameras
Xiaomi Yi
Or
GoPro
>>55636108
try >>>/p/
they have a gear thread similar to the csg bust specifically for camera gear related questions like this. good luck
>>55636271
thanks
Panasonic Lumix are bretty good.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_st?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A!493964%2Cn%3A502394%2Cp_89%3APanasonic%2Cn%3A281052%2Cn%3A330405011%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A10705328011&qid=1468869287&bbn=330405011&sort=price-asc-rank
>>55636469
no problem, senpai, just make sure to specify what your budget is along with everything else you mentioned in here and someone will help you out pretty quickly
>>55636524
Never owned a digital point-and-shoot. I'm correct in assume even something ~$200 blows a smartphone out of the water?
>>55636569
it will blow most out of the water, given their typically larger image sensors and optical zoom, but you'd be surprised to find that a lot of them in that price range can't do things a lot of higher end smartphones can do, like 4k video, faster burst photo modes, slow-motion at 240fps and obviously the convenience of it being a phone.
with that said, you can still get a pretty darn good waterproof compact from fujifilm or panasonic or olympus at that price that you most definitely won't get with a smartphone.
