Cameras, Sand, and Water, oh my!!!

[kresta]

I have a little experience with my DSLR on the beach. My advice - just keep it protected -- in your bag and zipped when you're not using it. I also agree with Colleen about the lens - try to get the one you want to use on before your out on the beach. Don't know about the humidity there, but I had to let mine "thaw" a little last year - the glass would fog up when I went from inside to out. I would also suggest probably not using my most-loved 50mm if you're going to be on the beach in the middle of the day (when most people are). It's just too wide (aperture) a lens to not blow almost everything out unless you up your shutter speed and your f-stop extremely high, and then you wouldn't get as pretty of blurred backgrounds and such.