After all the problem I had with those new cameras, it sure made me think about my old Nikon Coolpix 800 2.1mp camera that lasted more than 5 years and took thousands of pictures with no problems.

I think with that Nikon 8700, it was just super sensitive to water. There were some trips where I took it out to take pictures in the rain and a few drops of water got on it, and it seemed like usually a week or two after that the camera would go haywire. It wasn't a 1-to-1 relationship between getting it wet and having it break but the timing was suspect. The thing that was BS was that it was like 5 rain drops and poof it was fried. That camera didn't take that great of shots anyway, the Canon was much better so maybe it was a blessing in disguise... just a long, annoying, and hard to resolve blessing lol.