Olympus Stylus Tough TG-820
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14 years ago
Olympus Tough TG-820
Tough cameras are unlikely to win any beauty pageants, given their rugged, bulging construction - but the TG-820, in its cherry-red finish, certainly spices up the category. Featuring a sliding metal flap, which covers the 5x optical zoom lens, the front panel is utilitarian and industrial in...
Pros:
- Bright and clear LCD screen
- Decent image quality at low ISO levels
- Incredibly rugged
Cons:
- High ISO images are messy
- HD video not as impressive as still images
14 years ago
Olympus TG-820
Year after year, Olympus proves to be the master of the waterproof compact market, selling models ranging from low-cost beach-cams (TG-3 series) to indestructible adventurers (TG-8 series).
Pros:
- Waterproof to 10m
- shockproof to 2 m
- crushproof to 100 kg
- Secure compartment locking system and lens protection shutter
- Excellent responsiveness: photo-to-photo turnaround and autofocus are particularly fast
- Good design and handling
- good screen
- easy to use
Cons:
- Lens could be better
- especially at telephoto settings
- Video mode: underexposed images
- low-quality sound
14 years ago
Got the camera two days ago and it's really solid. Though people complain about its getting heavier and chunkier, such trade-off is actually a benefit. The solid built gives it more strength to withstand being thrown or submerge into the water.
14 years ago
Olympus Tough TG-820
Olympus has long been a pioneer of the ruggedised camera concept, with the company's early Mju models among the very first digital compacts to offer basic weatherproofing – a theme Olympus built upon with the introduction of the 'Tough' series a few years ago.
Pros:
- Built like a tank for active outdoors use
- Easy to use with gloves thanks to Tap Control
- Takes a half decent snap in good light
- Pin-sharp rear LCD monitor
Cons:
- Image quality suffers at higher ISO settings
- Wrist strap could do with beefing up
14 years ago
Olympus Tough TG-820 Digital Camera Review
Daniel Bell goes shooting with the Olympus Tough TG-820.
Pros:
- Excellent image quality
- Built for extreme conditions
- Full 1080p HD video recording
- High-resolution LCD screen
- TAP control
- Good panoramic pictures
- Fast continuous shooting modes
Cons:
- Quite a heavy camera
- AWB wayward under our studio lights
14 years ago
The Olympus TOUGH TG-820 features a very useful thumb plate, and all the controls are grouped around the OK button, making for a very intuitive menu system, although scrolling through the options could be a little faster.
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