Back in May, for Jack’s birthday, we got him a Panasonic DMC-TS1 compact digital camera. Any excuse to get a new camera in the house is good for me. I chose this camera because it is supposed to be tough. Impact resistant. And water resistant to 10 feet. This afternoon we took it to the beach, and I put it to test.

Diving in to the waves, snapping pictures while body surfing, not worrying about the water…made me realize that Panasonic has produced a real winner with the Lumix TS1. Mistreat it and it’ll still turn in better photos than many other digital cameras on the market. 12 MP. Movies. Great 28-120 mm lens. Sharp images without worry about beach abuse. Love it!