Document your hot-tub poaches with the waterproof SW-20’s underwater aperture setting. The 10x optical zoom wasn’t as crisp as others we tested, but knowing it could be dropped in the snow was worth the trade-off.

Minus: No sun or snow mode, so whites got blown out.
Plus: The big front-mounted microphone captured hoots from the chairlift well.

($400; panasonic.com)