Camera for surfing / beach photography?

[BobD]

The Nikon Action Touch is a point&shoot waterproof camera with a very good lens.
It is also ruggedly built and quiet. It auto-focuses out of water and manual-focuses
underwater.

[DaveO]

OK, so when you tear this thing open it's got a 135 canister inside, not an aps?

Since it is 27 exp, it probably is aps-c.

DaveO

[markbarendt]

Since it is 27 exp, it probably is aps-c.

DaveO

Nope, real normal 35mm.

[lajolla]

Here along the SoCal coast from Huntington Beach to Ensenada, the most popular in-the-water camera for board surfers, long boarders, kayakers, and shallow scuba divers is the remarkable nikon aw-100 - used by major commercial film folks as well for the same purposes - easy to mount and use on the front of a board:
http://www.nikonusa.com/Nikon-Produc...PIX-AW100.html
Otherwise, from beach or shore vantage points use any great long lens - 35mm film camera digital cam combination that can get you to equivalent 400mm - 600mm focal lengths.