Rugged/Waterproof Camera or not?

EGuitarStar · 3 Jul 2018 at 12:38

Trying to decide whether to risk using a non-weatherproof m4/3 camera body and lens on a beach holiday coming up soon or whether to get a rugged/waterproof one to be on the safe side and be able to capture pictures without the worry of sand or water damaging my camera body/lens.

I will still take the m4/3 with me for use when I am not around sand or water.

I've used DSLRs on the beach before and never had any issues but once I did manage to break a point and shoot camera from some sand which got caught in the lens barrel during a strong wind.

My mobile phone camera is not that great, it's a Huawei P10 lite so discount that.

Anyone have any tips for protecting a non-weather proof camera in such situations or is it best to just get a rugged one?

EGuitarStar · 3 Jul 2018 at 22:10

Thanks for the responses, I've taken a look at the Go Pros and considering I only want it for pictures I think a Fuji XP120 / XP130 is better suited and it'll cost a lot less.

I'll still take my Panasonic GX80 with me for when I am not around a lot of sand or water.

EGuitarStar · 3 Jul 2018 at 22:15

Thanks, I forgot they too did rugged cameras.

EGuitarStar · 4 Jul 2018 at 20:18

Had a look at the Canon. Too expensive for my needs.

Looks like the Fujifilm XP130 is the one to go for. Not looking for using it at night so it'll suffice.