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5/0 08-06-2012 07:08 PM

Olympus camera
 
There's been alot of talk about water proof cameras,olympus Stylus tough has been around for a while. I had the 8K but it is no longer with me.....The ocean had it's way with it:fury:
I had it for just about three years and before I parted with it,I was starting to dislike the pic quality,firework mode sucked(prolly just me) sport shot seemed blurry and over all pic's seemed so so.but I will confess that Macro mode was very impressive.
So my question is has anybody jumped in and bought the latest and greatest TG-1 iHS?
As always it looks like they've made some serious improvements with there design but how's the over all quality?

I was thinking about pulling the trigger and getting it but wanted to hear what you guy's found with it,Pro's & con's let's hear it!


Thank's in advance!

5/0

chefchris401 08-06-2012 07:17 PM

They look sweet, every year I think Of going to something different but love my fuji.

3 years old, spends all is time in the bag or on the shoulder strap, almost always wet, gets used every time im out. Barely rinsed, great battery life and small size.

Really happy with it, so can't jusify getting something else.
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Sea Dangles 08-06-2012 09:57 PM

x2 with fuji. Always on sale at costco Bob.

fishbones 08-06-2012 11:38 PM

Bob, my mom just bought the latest Olympus stylus tough and really likes it. I took some photos with it on vacation and they are much better quality than my older model. It also has better shutter speed and takes really good video. I would buy the new one, but can't justify the $370 price tag right now since my 3 year old model still works fine.
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iamskippy 08-07-2012 06:15 AM

I have the fuji as well
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Jenn 08-07-2012 07:10 AM

I bought an Olympus tough because I needed the "waterproof, freezeproof and shockproof" well the it still takes pictures in 30 below and the battery doesnt die as quickly as others so I would give it a good score in this category and so far I have not dunked it but it has withstood a considerable amount of moisture.

Now for the shockproof.....not so much. After a rough snowmobile trip it did not fair so well. The shutter "tweaks out" when taking some photos and forget about videos now :(

fishbones 08-07-2012 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Jenn (Post 952571)
I bought an Olympus tough because I needed the "waterproof, freezeproof and shockproof" well the it still takes pictures in 30 below and the battery doesnt die as quickly as others so I would give it a good score in this category and so far I have not dunked it but it has withstood a considerable amount of moisture.

Now for the shockproof.....not so much. After a rough snowmobile trip it did not fair so well. The shutter "tweaks out" when taking some photos and forget about videos now :(

My old one takes nice photos and video unders water. And it's been dropped a few times (twice on a concrete patio by my son) and it still works great. It just looks a little beat up now.

JackK 08-07-2012 08:47 AM

My stylus 8k has been through the gamut of full continuous submersion, freezing temps, banged on rocks, etc etc, and still works without a hitch.

5/0 08-07-2012 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by fishbones (Post 952562)
Bob, my mom just bought the latest Olympus stylus tough and really likes it. I took some photos with it on vacation and they are much better quality than my older model. It also has better shutter speed and takes really good video. I would buy the new one, but can't justify the $370 price tag right now since my 3 year old model still works fine.
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John,I was reading the "non bios" review's and it was rated #1 on the editors choice for PC Mag the down fault's was,it lagged with the 610 led screen clarity and some other minor thing but that was pretty much it for a point and shoot durable camera.
This is the whole reason as to why I posted this thread,I know most of the guy's and gal's here and figured I would get truthful comments VS some Chump who get's massive kick back's to promo someone's product's...
As for the price yeah,it's pretty high.But the thing is I have $400 in Be_t Buy card's free from work,so this won't cost me one red cent :uhuh:
I would still like to make an educated purchase even if it's free.

Thank's FB



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Originally Posted by Jenn (Post 952571)
I bought an Olympus tough because I needed the "waterproof, freezeproof and shockproof" well the it still takes pictures in 30 below and the battery doesnt die as quickly as others so I would give it a good score in this category and so far I have not dunked it but it has withstood a considerable amount of moisture.

Now for the shockproof.....not so much. After a rough snowmobile trip it did not fair so well. The shutter "tweaks out" when taking some photos and forget about videos now :(

Jen I hear yea! mine took a few rocky trips and it seemed that it took's it toll on it.When I need to select a mode I had to off set the selection in order for it to work in that mode...If that make's any sense:jump1:

Video mode was completely compromised and was inconsistent with audio and PIC quality.........

I guess this whole mis-hap with my camera was a blessing in disguise.........

likwid 08-07-2012 05:42 PM

My Stylus SW finally died. I'll be getting a new Tough.

5/0 08-07-2012 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by likwid (Post 952615)
My Stylus SW finally died. I'll be getting a new Tough.

Glad too hear it,which one?


BTW F B not to be pretentious but the $400 is from work...Yea a blue collah workah finally get's some well deserved perks:devil2:

fishbones 08-07-2012 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 5/0 (Post 952631)
Glad too hear it,which one?


BTW F B not to be pretentious but the $400 is from work...Yea a blue collah workah finally get's some well deserved perks:devil2:

I saw it for $369 on the Olympus web site a few weeks ago. If it'd still on sale there, see if best buy will do a price match.
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likwid 08-08-2012 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 5/0 (Post 952631)
Glad too hear it,which one?


BTW F B not to be pretentious but the $400 is from work...Yea a blue collah workah finally get's some well deserved perks:devil2:

TG-820 most likely

5/0 08-08-2012 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by fishbones (Post 952635)
I saw it for $369 on the Olympus web site a few weeks ago. If it'd still on sale there, see if best buy will do a price match.
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Yup that's the lowest price that I've seen I'm going to pick it up on Tax free Saturday,Woo Hoo!

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Originally Posted by likwid (Post 952663)
TG-820 most likely

That's the one most people here have and had good success with,if you go with the newer 8K take a deeper look into it before you pull the trigger,like I stated earlier near the end it was losing it's luster :)

5/0 08-09-2012 09:19 PM

All right tomorrow is the day I pull the trigger,is there anybody eles that has an indifference on this camera,pro's/cons?

I know that I'm not Mike Lap and the PIC's that I take aren't for mag's but and the price is a decent amount of coin for this I was hoping for a honest review on this.....


Buler....Buler.....Buler?

the point 08-09-2012 09:36 PM

You'll enjoy the camera.


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