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If weather/shock proofing is important, the Olympus SW790 is the one, for the moment. Less rugged but possibly a little bit better (less noise/grain) and still waterproof is the Pentax W30.


I have the Pentax W30 and it is fine. I just finished a 2 week group trip. Another person on the trip had the W30, and two people had the Olympus.

FWIW, I found the image quality -- sharpness and color -- of the Olympus to be slightly better than the Pentax.