The digital compact camera is waterproof to a depth of 14 metres, shockproof for drops of up to 1.6 metres and frost-proof at temperatures as low as -10C. This makes it a reliable companion on adventures where ordinary cameras are better kept protected. Heavy-duty construction The WG-90s solid, airtight body is not only waterproof down to a depth of 14 meters for up to two hours of continuous operation (equivalent to IPX 8 or JIS Class 8) , but is also shockproof against a fall from a height of 1.6 meters, and dustproof (equivalent to IP6X or JIS Class 6) , freeze-proof to tem-peratures as low as -10C, and crushproof against weights up to 100kgf (kilogram force) Thanks to this heavy-duty construction, the WG-90 performs superbly and dependably even in harsh, demand-ing outdoor conditions. Exceptional image quality The WG-90 is equipped with a back-illuminated CMOS image sensor, which assures excellent high-sensitivity and low-noise characteristics and high-speed readout of image