Clumsy with a camera or have a spouse with butterfingers?

[pRON aHOLIC]

You might want to look into this Olympus that can take shock from a 5 foot fall.
7.1MP and 3x zoom.

http://www.bizrate.com/digitalcameras/pi...20720.html

SHOCK PROOF (5 ft.).
If you can take it, it can take it. Its durable exterior and interior construction absorbs impact brought on by a drop or other accidental trauma so your camera and images are protected.
WATERPROOF (10 ft.).
Take it in the pool, in the ocean, at the water park or on the boat - the Stylus 720 SW delivers great results to depths up to 10 feet (for up to 1 hour) underwater using the same sealant

[BigGuynRusty]

That is why god invented the neck strap.

BGnR

[pRON aHOLIC]

[quote BigGuynRusty] That is why god invented the neck strap.





BGnR

You think repair places are filled with strapless cameras?

[haikuman]

As one of your most admiring best friends I think we need to have a large party when you are wearing yours Rusty *(:>*

[mikebw]

Just because a camera has a strap doesn't not mean that anyone will use it either.

My fiancee once dropped my Nikon 775 (back when that was a decent camera) about 3 feet onto the carpet and boy howdy was it dead, much to our dissapointment. Luckily I have a few connections at a local camera shop and was able to get it 'replaced'.

A few years later that replacement camera had the lens get stuck, I guess a grain of sand or something jammed in the zoom/focus gears somehow. This time it got taken apart and reassembled, and it works fine to this day. However, 2.1MP just doesn't cut it anymore and for how bulky the 775 is I might as well carry around a Rebel XT...