Whether your adventures take you where it’s cold, wet, high above the ground, or through the dustbowl, the Pentax Optio W80 has you covered.  This point and shoot is dustproof, waterproof, coldproof, and shockproof.  It features a 12.1 megapixel sensor, as well as a wide-angle lens with 5x internal optical zoom (which means no moving parts) to help you capture great images near or far.  The Optio can also shoot 720p high-def video and features an interesting new Digital Wide function that allows you to take 2 photos to mimic a 21mm wide-angle lens.  Drop it, dunk it, freeze it, just don’t leave it at home. Pentax Optio W80 ($300 or less)

The Eye-Fi Pro boasts the highest features per square inch ratio we’ve ever seen.  The Eye-Fi Pro is the easiest way to turn your point-and-shoot or Digital SLR into a photo-sharing, geotagging beast.  With it’s built-in WiFi, it is able to broadcast your photos (including RAW) to your computer, to a photo sharing service (Flickr, etc), or to Eye Fi’s own storage servers.  At the same time, it also geotags your photos, allowing you to sort through them later in your photo editor of choice (for us that’s iPhoto).  And don’t worry, for the nights out on the town there is a “selective transfer” option so that your photo-evidence is not immediately uploaded for all to see.  Eye-Fi Pro ($150)

It happens.  You have that great new piece of technology, such as a digital camera, only to realize that you won’t be decorating your place any time soon with cool black and whites.  Because your shots keep coming out blurry, or because you just can’t get a feel for the subject, you need some advice.  Digital Photography school offers tons of tips from professionals for all of your needs, plus pictures to inspire you (we love their top 20 Urban Decay shots, as the picture above).  It’s time to take your camera out of your closet and use it.