Today at PMA 2010 Samsung announced their first tough cameras. The Samsung AQ100 is a 12 megapixel camera that is waterproof upto 10 feet. It features 5x optical zoom and 720p HD video shooting. To make underwater shooting easier Samsung included an Aqua Mode, that fine tunes settings to enable you to shoot better underwater [...]

Sony entered the Tough Compact Digital Camera arena with the upcoming DSC-TX5. The TX5 is a 10.2 megapixel camera that is dust-proof, waterproof upto 10 feet, freeze proof up-to -14 degrees Fahrenheit and can withstand up to 5 feet of free fall. Aside from being tough the Sony TX5 features Intelligent Sweep Panorama, Exmor R [...]

This is what I’ve been waiting for, the successor to Lumix TS1 is here and of-course it is called the TS2. You can say that it is tougher than the TS1 just by looking at it, it’s a bit more rugged but still have that distinctive toughbook look.

Like the Tough 6000 the Tough 3000 is a 12 megapixel waterproof (up to 10 feet), freeze proof (-10 Celsius) and shock proof  (able to withstand 5ft fall) compact camera. Like the earlier models it also sports a 2.7″ LCD display, 3.6x Wide-Angle Optical Zoom, Panorama Shots, Dual Image Stabilization, Advanced Image Detections and Beauty [...]

We had the most intense battle of the toughest camera last August featuring 7 digital cameras the Canon PowerShot D10, Fuji FinePix Z33WP, Olympus Stylus Tough 8000, Tough 6000, Pentax Optio W60, W80 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1. And now Casio announced a new Tough Camera the Casio Ex-G1. The Casio Ex-G1 is so thin at [...]

The Pentax Optio W80 is a jack of all trades, ready-for-the-beating compact camera that can go up to 5 meters of water, fall from 1 meter high, and used in temperatures freezing cold as -10°C. Making the Optio w80 the most waterproof, freeze proof and shock proof, Pentax camera ever. This point-and-shoot tough camera have [...]