On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:45:38 -0400, tony cooper wrote:

Costco's not the problem.

I agree. A Nikon D5000 or Nikon D50 or Nikon D60 or Nikon CP5000 (all of
which I bought from Costco) would break the same as that camera from
anywhere else.

My mistake for not being clear.

The cameras that Costco sells (for about $1,000 or so) are all plastic.
And the plastic is (apparently) the problem for someone like me who
simply takes a camera with him wherever he goes.

To be clear, I did try the waterproof cameras (yes, from Costco), and
quite a few of the little Olympus cameras, but the quality from those P&S
cameras was basically atrocious.

The Powershots lasted a while but even they had a bad fixed lens, so,
that's whey I moved to SLRs.

What I 'really' need is to fix what I have and then, when they're no
longer fixable, to buy the least expensive 'war camera' SLR out there.

Any suggestions on the least expensive STURDY! SLR?