I love this camera for several reasons:
Beautiful macro photos, easy to use, held up great in the water (took it on a beach trip and it survived a couple hours in the ocean with absolutely no issues), takes wonderful scenery shots, I LOVE the wifi feature. A lot of people had issues with the app, I have an iphone 5s and got it working in minutes, its the best thing ever, I can use the touchscreen on the phone to select where I want the focus to go on the camera and remotely take photos with the phone as well as change the settings on the camera remotely.
CONS: Not the best screen, I often can hardly tell how a photo really looks until I get it on the laptop, and with no view finder there's no other option, its not horrible, but it could stand improvement. Though not a huge deal, the panoramic software is pretty bad, it's hard to use and doesn't do a very good job at stitching photos, just use your phone for panoramic photos, it will do better than this camera, I promise.
Overall I love this camera, it does exactly what I need it to and more. The Macro is spectacular and I cant wait to get some of the attachments. Very impressed for the price and size.
Sample photos are straight from the camera, unedited. The first 3 were taken underwater. The purple one is a closeup of the center of a thistle flower. The last 2 were taken using some of the built-in filters.
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| display type | LCD | LCD | LCD | LCD | LCD | LCD |
| display size | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches | 2.8 inches | — | 3 inches |
| lens type | Wide Angle | Macro | Telephoto | Telephoto | — | Zoom |
| zoom type | Optical Zoom | Optical Zoom | Optical Zoom | Digital Zoom, Optical Zoom | Optical Zoom | Optical Zoom |
| shooting modes | Underwater | Movie, Auto, Manual | Panorama, Automatic, Easy | Automatic | Underwater | Underwater |
| connectivity tech | Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi, Micro HDMI, Micro USB, Bluetooth | wired, wireless | USB | USB | Wi-Fi, HDMI, USB |
| video resolution | 1080p | 2160p | 1080p | 1080p | — | 2160p, 2K DCI 1080p |
| optical zoom | 4 multiplier x | 4 multiplier x | 40 multiplier x | 8 multiplier x | — | 4 multiplier x |
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Customer Review: L-O-V-E LOVE LOVE it!!!! Great Camera!
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Great Camera Except For Bluish Spot In Center Of Photos When Using The Zoom
I had an Olympus Stylus 410, one of the original "tough" cameras, and was really happy with it. But, it was almost 15 years old and the newer line of Olympus "tough" cameras looked so more advanced, I thought I would upgrade. After spending hours reading customer and professional reviews, it seemed like the Olympus TG-4 was the clear choice for the type of compact digital camera that was waterproof, dust proof and shock resistant that I was looking for.My original impressions of the camera and the photo quality was really high. The underwater photos (first photo) were really so good it was almost hard to believe how good they were. And, the microscope settings for taking photos of plants and small animals (second photo) were really just amazing. And, that was using default settings that did not get the very best that the camera could do. All in all, I would have rated the camera 5 stars and highly recommended it, if not for a problem that started to appear.After a few hundred photos, I started to notice a perfectly round, fuzzy edged spot right in the center of the view finder that had a more blue or purple cast to the color (third and fourth photos), almost like the CCD's were reading a different color value in that part of the lens. I looked at comparison photos and the resolution and brightness looked the same within the spot and in the surrounding photo, it was just the color that was off. The spot was most noticeable when using the optical zoom past the 3X range and more so with the digital zoom. The size of the spot would also increase a bit as the zoom level was increased. I thoroughly cleaned both the lens cover and the display and that did not help. So, I finally called Olympus.What I got after talking with three different people was it was a known issue with the camera and was a function of the compact nature of the lens system. In other words, they were telling me I would just have to live with it. They tried telling me that the issue was was lens flare, even though I kept telling them that I have been using cameras of many types over the last 40 years and it was not lens flare. I know what lens flare looks like and have used it for great creative effect or cursed it over the years (fifth and sixth photos showing actual lens flare). Bottom line, they were not willing to listen to me or look at any example photos that I was more than willing to send them.Good thing I bought the camera through Amazon!!! I contact Amazon and they were more then helpful. They looked at the example photos that I had and talked with me for a few minutes and sent me a new camera. Amazon ROCKS!!!I am probably writing this review a bit too soon, since I have not use the new camera yet to see if the same issue occurs, but I am just really glad that Amazon stood behind their own warranty and customer service guaranties.In the end, many of the features of this camera put it in the 5 star catagory, but the bluish spot that shows up on some of the photos moves more in the 2 or 3 star range.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2016
I'm pretty impressed by this little point and shoot so far. I can't really comment on the durability so far because I haven't been too rough on it. My main intent was to buy a very portable camera that I could take everywhere with less worry about it being fragile. I don't take my big Nikon DSLR with me everywhere and I needed something that would be good for backpacking, hiking, water parks, etc. This seemed like the best choice after doing some research.
What can I comment on? Well, first of all, I have been happy with the picture quality. It has been very good for a point and shoot. Is the detail as good as on my Nikon D90 with a much larger sensor, no, but it is definitely good enough. It is better than my iPhone 6 and I'm not worrying about running out of memory all the time. It is just filled with different shooting modes that make it a very cool camera. The "microscope" mode is cool for taking macro shots and the "live composite" mode is really great for things like traffic or star trails. To be honest, there are so many modes to choose from that I haven't had a chance to really get into all of this camera's abilities, but I am impressed so far. Just being able to set it up in aperture mode is good enough for me, but everything else is a plus!
The wi-fi on the camera sets the camera itself up as a wi-fi connection that you can select in your phone's wi-fi connections. After you have connected to the camera's wi-fi, you can use the Olympus app on your phone to remote control the camera, edit photos and transfer them to your phone. I like this option to be able to set up the camera and take a group shot remotely or even a selfie if I am so inspired. I found it simple to use and has worked great for me so far.
What can I comment on? Well, first of all, I have been happy with the picture quality. It has been very good for a point and shoot. Is the detail as good as on my Nikon D90 with a much larger sensor, no, but it is definitely good enough. It is better than my iPhone 6 and I'm not worrying about running out of memory all the time. It is just filled with different shooting modes that make it a very cool camera. The "microscope" mode is cool for taking macro shots and the "live composite" mode is really great for things like traffic or star trails. To be honest, there are so many modes to choose from that I haven't had a chance to really get into all of this camera's abilities, but I am impressed so far. Just being able to set it up in aperture mode is good enough for me, but everything else is a plus!
The wi-fi on the camera sets the camera itself up as a wi-fi connection that you can select in your phone's wi-fi connections. After you have connected to the camera's wi-fi, you can use the Olympus app on your phone to remote control the camera, edit photos and transfer them to your phone. I like this option to be able to set up the camera and take a group shot remotely or even a selfie if I am so inspired. I found it simple to use and has worked great for me so far.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2016
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