Olympus Stylus Tough TG-820
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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.
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
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
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 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
Olympus Tough TG-820
The TG-810 is a fine, tough camera, if you need the meanest, most rugged model out there. Its high ISO performance leaves a lot to be desired, but it's perfectly suitable for the most extreme circumstances for photography.
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 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
The Olympus TG-820 is a robust digital camera. It is waterproof, drop proof, crush proof and freeze proof. You can use it in some of the most demanding conditions and in places where you would not normally risk using a digital camera.
Pros:
- Good Points: Robust features
- movie mode
- USB battery charging
- Eye-Fi memory card compatible
- ease of use
- shutter response times
- Full High Definition Movies
- Recharge battery via a USB connection
- 3D still photography mode
- Image Stabilisation for movies as well as stills
- Fast 5 frames per...
Cons:
- Bad Points: Handling
14 years ago
Olympus TG-820 Tough Digital Camera Review
In theory at least, the entire Olympus Tough range presents a host of compact cameras that are versatile, seemingly unbreakable and solid both literally and in terms of their overall performance. Fact is, in reality they are exactly this and as expected the TG-820 is no exception.
14 years ago
Olympus Tough TG-820
The Olympus Tough TG-820 ($299.99 direct) isn't the company's top-end rugged camera , but it's no slouch in terms of toughness, performance, or image quality. The go-anywhere shooter packs a 12-megapixel image sensor, a sharp 5x zoom lens, and 1080p30 video capture capability.
Pros:
- Sharp lens
- Very rugged design
- Excellent rear LCD
- 5x zoom range
- Speedy performance
Cons:
- No GPS
- So-so video quality
- Must charge battery in camera
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