Although not waterproof, these are rugged cameras that take great photos. The wife has been using the TZ-1 for years. 10x optical zoom, image stabilization, etc. She still kills them occasionally, and I keep replacing them with eBay units. Last one she killed was run over by a Nissan Pathfinder - it still took pictures, but they were a bit out of focus due to the camera being 1/16" short! I keep buying her the TZ-1, no retraining that way.