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OM SYSTEM Olympus TG-6 Black Underwater Camera, Waterproof, Freeze Proof, High Resolution Bright, 4K Video 44x Macro Shooting

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Condition
Used - Very Good
Color
Black
Style
Base
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Underwater camera
Model
V104210BU000
Screen size
3 in
Weight
9 oz
Warranty
1 Year Manufacturer
Works with
Computers, smartphones, tablets, external storage devices with USB or Wi-Fi connectivity

Features 5

  • Water proof (50 feet /15 meter), dust proof, shock proof (7 feet / 2.1 meter), crush proof (100 kgf), freeze proof (14 degree Fahrenheit / -10 degree Celsius ), anti-fog
  • High resolution F2.0 lens, maximum 8x zoom, true pic VIII, back illuminated CMOS image sensor
  • Variable macro system comprised of 4 macro shooting modes, magnified shooting up to 1 centimeter from the end of the lens
  • 5 underwater shooting modes including underwater microscope, 3 underwater white balance modes. Image file format: JPEG, raw

Description

You live for the outdoors. Hiking steep mountain trails. Backpacking through a desert Canyon. Skiing in the wilderness. The tough tg-6 is ready for adventure. It’s built to endure all the extreme environments you love exploring. You can drop it. Step on it. Go deep underwater or out into a freezing blizzard. It just keeps on shooting awesome stills and video. Packed with pro features, you’ll nail difficult shots - even in low light. Shoot intricately detailed macro photos and unique shots underwater with vivid color. The lightweight, compact tough tg-6. Engineered to survive the world’s toughest places. Operating temperature: -10 to 40℃ (when in operation) / -20 to 60℃ (when stored).

Specs 88

Compatible Mountings Micro Four Thirds
Aspect Ratio Unknown
Photo Sensor Technology CMOS
Supported File Format JPEG, RAW
Image Stabilization Digital
Maximum Focal Length 10 centimeters
Optical Zoom 8 x
Maximum Aperture 2 millimeters

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Best camera under $2000, best rugged camera, best point and shoot
Color: Black Style: Base *: Underwater camera
Review Image by Nicholas Lafferty
Review Image by Nicholas Lafferty
Review Image by Nicholas Lafferty
Review Image by Nicholas Lafferty
Review Image by Nicholas Lafferty
Here's a couple of photos I took on the first day without changing any settings. One is normal, one is with an added filter from an app. This is much better than the phone I've been using. I have a Goppro 8 black and this Tg-6 is better in every regard except it's not quite as good with antishake and the focus makes a little whiring noise thats audible in playback. The video is much better than some footage I've seen on youtube, so it's going to depend a lot on the settings, the camera person and the postprocessing. I bought this for photos. As far as picture quality, it seems to be as good or better than most phones, right out of the box. I feel like it keeps up with most cameras of higher cost and is superior to anything else at this price point. I'm very new to photography, but was getting some good night shots so far. It's actually better than I thought it would be with those indoors shots under incandescent, fluorescent and LED lighting. I'll be using it for landscapes, nature and taking photos in cities and towns. The photo quality is excellent in my opinion and it works great without being to imposing or cluttered. It turns on in maybe two seconds, so I can stop the bike, be sure of a great picture and be moving again, making great time. Some days I get rained on really good and this camera is a perfect addition to my contingency gear. It should also do well in the colder conditions. It feels durable and I'm sure it will do well if I drop it or if it gets crushed around in my baggage on a tough day. I did buy the jj brand lens cap and a glass screen protector to keep from scratching those parts, but thats just extra and not totally necessary. I also picked up the led diffuser accessory for macro photography. Results on a $20 bill are pictured, here. Works perfectly...well worth the extra 35.00 or so, considering the possibilities it unlocks. I'll probably pick up the flash dispersing accessory also, after seeing this work as well as it does. All these things considered, and with hands on, out of the box use, I'll be confident to invest my hard earned dollars in the teleconverter, wide angle and fisheye lenses and maybe even down the line, the deep water case if the opportunity to go diving presents itself. The camera works great with or without them. The firmware on the camera takes a day to learn, with all the little extras embedded in there, but after that navigation is relatively easy. Even though it is I think classified a "point and shoot" everything is customizable- and even more so, once you know a couple of tricks that are mentioned online in various places. Most anybody however, can simply pick this up, click it on auto mode and get great pictures without confusion. The app (I got for my android) was very easy to connect with. The camera puts out the wifi signal and the phone connects to that, so it can be done without an actual internet connection. Photos import within a few seconds each and can be edited in any other app from there. I take a 4:3 ratio pictures and after importing, crop it to whatever size from there. I'd love to speak on GPS and the Windows Olympus software, but have not gotten that far just yet. From what I've seen, and if you don't know yet, this goes pretty deep with what information you can attach to the photos and video. Pretty sure that if I decided to go that route, I'd be able to automatically have photos all on a map of where they were captured. Geotagging is still a subject of contention these days, though. But it's there if needed along with barometric pressure (manometer), compass and altitude (altimeter?). Can also add a little audio voice note to individual photos as well. It's possible to convert the proprietary file format of the RAW photos to be able to edit on other software if necessary. Only thing left is maybe some filters and a lens hood for extra usefulness, a floating wrist strap for beach and stream excursions, and a respectable case and bag. Those are all extras but now that I know I will be enjoying this camera for many years to come I'm sure it's worth it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2021 by Nicholas Lafferty
The best low-cost macro system I have used.
Color: Red Style: Base *: Underwater camera
Review Image by Patrick K Baker
Review Image by Patrick K Baker
Review Image by Patrick K Baker
I do a lot of close-up field work so I have tried a number of small field cameras, including prior versions of the Olympus Tough. The Olympus Tough TG-6 is a step up from anything I have used, short of a high-cost system, and I have not even explored all of its functions yet. The first included photo is of a 10mm sea slug I photographed using a fiber-optic light source and a tripod for the camera. The second is an outdoor shot on a cloudy day. The third shot is a time exposure of a sea urchin test (shell) with a light source inside it, also using a tripod. The video function on the camera is also good, although the design of the video button could be better. There are some things you should know to improve your experience with this camera. First, make sure your camera has a lens cover. Mine didn't come with one, and it definitely needs one if you are going to stick it in your pocket or use it in the field. Second, while this camera may be water-resistant, it is not *sand* resistant. Beach sand, desert sand, fine grit, whatever - it gets in all the buttons and covers and jams them. Beware of sand. Third; make sure the GPS function is turned off unless you really need it; it drains the battery in a hurry. Fourth, if you really want to do macro photography, you will need a good tripod, possibly some external light sources, and probably some filters, all of which are extra costs and weight. I am not a professional photographer but I use my camera professionally, and this is the first pocket camera that really did what I needed Even given its limitations, I strongly recommend the Olympus Tough TG-6. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2020 by Patrick K Baker
Great adventure camera
Color: Red Style: Base *: Underwater camera
I bought this as a new everyday-carry camera after finally getting sick of the pointless madness of smartphone cameras. It's worth it, if you ask me. Good stuff: - Decent picture quality in daylight, but likely outperformed by a fancy phone. - Outstanding picture quality at night, way beyond what any phone I've seen can do. - Decent optical zoom, though only a little bit of it. - Easy to cram into a back pocket without worrying about damaging it. Nice build quality without being too excessively bulky. - Starts up quickly; ready to go in about one second from pressing the power button. I really appreciate this, since one of my biggest frustrations with phone cameras is how they often take insane amounts of time just to start up. - Takes RAW photos. - Manual focus, which I was surprised to find because I was assured by the reviews I read that it did not have manual focus. It sure does, though, and it's surprisingly good. The super-macro setting is very impressive too. - MicroUSB charging, which is less nice than USB-C, but much better than the terrible proprietary connector that the old models had. - Impressive waterproofing. Unless you're a scuba diver, this is basically a true underwater camera (and if you are, I hear there's a deep-water housing available too). It's not like phones tend to be where they claim it's waterproof, but then specify in the fine print that it's only good to one meter of depth for half an hour or whatever - no, this is a camera you can actually take swimming with you. Bad stuff: - There doesn't seem to be any exposure bracketing function apart from the internal HDR scene mode, which is frustrating because the scene mode processing is terrible (see next point). - Seems to have an extremely mediocre image processor, maybe not even any better than the one included in the earliest models in the Olympus Tough series. The JPEGs it produces are extremely crunchy (RAW is worth using for this reason), and the scene mode filters are kind of a joke. You can't capture RAWs when using them, and it only saves 3-MP photos despite this being a 12-MP camera (which is already a little on the low side compared to what phones are doing these days, especially for a camera that costs about the same as a decent phone). If you aren't planning on shooting RAWs all the time and doing all your processing afterwards, I really don't recommend this camera. - Almost every preset mode locks out most of the manual controls, seemingly for no reason. For example, if you're using the candlelight mode, you're simply not allowed to use manual focus. There doesn't seem to be any particular reason for this, since the focus is entirely independent of anything candlelight mode is actually changing (exposure, aperture, and sensitivity, I guess), so this makes no sense. Also, every time the camera silently changes your settings like this, it doesn't change them back when you return to a mode where they're allowed again, making it an ongoing hassle to go through and put everything back how you want it. The frustration of this is quickly training me to never touch any of the scene modes or other presets. It's really aggravating to go out and take a bunch of photos, only to discover that none of them were saved as good-quality RAWs because the camera silently turned off RAW capture on me. - Video files are limited to 4GB in size, even when using an exFAT SD card (so this is not a real technical limitation, just an arbitrary one imposed by lazy code). Worse still, they simply did not bother to add any way to make it automatically restart recording when hitting the file size limit (which would have been a trivial software modification that is already seen in other Olympus cameras), and if even that wasn't bad enough, there aren't even any low-resolution video format options that could squeeze more time out of the 4GB limit. The longest video you can record with this camera is 29 minutes long, period. All of the possible workarounds have been defeated, seemingy for no reason, and most formats are limited to even shorter durations (around 10 minutes for 1080p60, 5 minutes for 4k30, and just a few seconds for the high-speed modes). Despite the marketing suggesting otherwise, this is NOT a video camera. If you're buying this to record video, expect to be disappointed. Overall, I'd say that this is a decent camera to use for basic indoor and outdoor photography, especially in low-light conditions. While it's hardly a proper DSLR, it has enough manual controls to at least not be a downgrade from smartphones in that regard, and it's a lot more likely to survive an exciting trip than either of those are. It's far from perfect, and the video limitations are a huge letdown, but I think I do still prefer it over a horribly busted smartphone camera. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2022 by Amazon Customer
Very satisfied, minor complaints, I've only had it for a few weeks. Update at the end.
Color: Red Style: Base *: Underwater camera
Great camera for a fair price. Pictures are very good, much better than other waterproof cameras I tried. Still, I guess I'm a bit spoiled by my old Canon DSLR. Tons of features most of which I won't use. Stacking and bracketing seem to work well. A couple of minor complaints. First, the battery life isn't great but that's no secret. I bought an extra battery and charger to cope. Second, the lens ring that the camera comes with is purely cosmetic and will not take a lens cap. So, for an additional purchase I got the lens ring adapter which comes with a lens cap. The extra purchases add up and it would be nice if Olympus made the extra battery, charger, and lens ring/cap part of the package at the current price. And finally, and what concerns me the most, is that the zoom lens function is noisy, clearly audible to this old man. The real problem however is that the noise is picked up by the microphone while taking video and produces a disagreeable hum in the background of resulting videos. I'm going to try to contact Olympus to ask if the zoom is normally that noisy or if my unit is defective. We'll see how that works out. Olympus did accept the camera for warranty work on the noisy zoom feature. Hopefully it works properly when I get it back. I got the camera back from Olympus warranty service recently and they told me that it is working fine and that the noise from the zoom lens is normal. So, they have designed a $500 camera that has a zoom lens that is so noisy it is overheard when making a video with the camera. They even had the nerve to suggest using an external mic for recordings. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2023 by Amazon Customer
All of the Promise, None of the Problems
Color: Red Style: Base *: Underwater camera
Review Image by Gordon White
Review Image by Gordon White
I purchased the Olympus TG 6 for a trip I have coming up. There were a few things in the written reviews that concerned me a bit initially. Those concerns quickly got crushed! First the hype was that this camera was all that for toughness. It CLEARLY is! Gaskets and sealing locks are on everything. Make sure they are all set properly. It has a LOT of customizability that is rarely seen in P&S cameras. The first thing I corrected was the 1/30th of a second low shutter speed setting. That won't work for much of anything that has even a modicum of movement! I also restricted the ISO settings. The cold hearted reality is that P&S cameras just don't work well past the 400 ISO range. But in low light conditions, I know realistically I may need a range of from 100 - 800 ISO. A quick change of the settings and BAM, there it is. One of the selling points was the ability to log on to it with my cell phone so I can send friends and family photos from wherever I may be instantly as well as upload to my Frameo home frame while traveling. The reviews indicated that the software sucked and people were lucky to hook up. Well, I DO have an IT degree and am a professional photographer so linking it up was a cake walk! I easily moved photos from the camera to my phone with just a little use of my background. I can understand if one isn't tech savvy, how it COULD be a problem. But reality is, one just needs to follow the instructions. My previous SD cards from my old waterproof camera are just not enough for this camera if I use 4K video (and I will). I upgraded to the fastest 128 GB SD cards I could lay my hands on. The photos from this camera are quite pleasing for a P&S camera. My upcoming trip with this in tow will really ring it through its ropes and then and only then, will I truly now how it handles hard stress! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2024 by Gordon White
Pretty nice
Color: Red Style: Base *: Underwater camera
I;ll start with the bad... 1) No battery charger. I have to use the camera, and a USB cable, to charge the battery. I bought a spare battery with this, and now I can't use the camera while a battery is charging. Since I plan to use this hiking to replace my old Pentax waterproof camera it probably isn't a major issue, but it is disappointing. 2) No manual. It did come with a large sheet of paper covered with small writing in many languages. Not much there though beyond how to charge the battery and turn it on. In specific, I bought an LB-T01 accessory which tells me to check the manual for installation instructions. There are no such instructions. Most likely, this piece of paper isn't really the manual. The manual is likely available online only, which makes it useless for my purposes as the times I will need the manual are the times when I don't have internet. 3) It feels flimsy. My only comparison in this category is a 9 year and 2 day old Pentax waterproof, but that camera feels much more solid than this one. The doors on this one just don't seem solid enough and reliable enough to keep water out. The first thing I did when I bought that Pentax was drop it in a pot of water to photograph it laying there in the bottom, then I took a selfie out of the bowl through the water. I don't trust this one enough to do that. Almost everything in the menus were intuitive. The only problem I had was enabling raw image capture. I had to google that because it eluded me in the menus. Need more time with it to talk about all the good things in detail. UPDATE: I've had a chance to look over the pictures I took. Overall, it was really hit or miss for me. Any kind of low light or shadows was definitely a miss. This camera seems to do well in bright lights and not so well in anything less than bright lights. The quality is pretty good in bright lights, which is good. My previous waterproof camera, purchased a little over nine years ago, didn't really take good pictures in any circumstance. This one doesn't compare to my regular camera, but it does very well for how small and light it is. The lack of a manual and a battery charger are still serious limitations, but the camera is pretty simple once you learn a few of its idiosyncrasies, so the manual isn't needed once you've read it a time or two. I have a third party battery charger on the way, hopefully it works. The raw mode works well, which was most of the reason I bough this camera. Finding the raw mode was hard, but this is my first Olympus camera, so maybe it was where the Olympus people expect it to be. It only takes SD cards, which is miserable, but I already owned a couple because of my IR camera, so I can use them here as well. Overall, still happy. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2020 by William D. Colburn
High quality compact utility camera
Color: Red Style: Base *: Underwater camera
For a compact camera I was hoping for good photos, but wasn’t expecting great quality. I was very surprised! This camera is great! It can be a simple point-and-shoot camera, but with some practice, and taking the time to use the various settings, this camera gives excellent results. While kayaking on a river, I wanted to test the underwater feature. I just adjusted the setting, stuck the camera onto the water, and snapped 3 photos. When I saw the results, I was so surprised at the color correction and the high clarity. Every pebble and piece of moss was crystal clear. The water was about 15’ deep. For photo transfer I use the Olympus app. Uploading photos to my iPhone X are a snap. When comparing photos between the TG-6 and my iPhone, the TG-6 is the winner, hands down. I’ve been in photography for 40 years, and have used 35mm, 120mm, and 4x5 film cameras. This little camera wouldn’t beat my old 4x5, but comes close to the other cameras I’ve used. I can’t wait to go snorkeling and really test out the underwater features. I highly recommend getting the lens cap to save the lens from scratches. Always there and easy to use. For a high quality handy travel camera that really delivers, I highly recommend the TG-6. Being a good water proof camera is a huge plus. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2020 by Jan
Great up close. Sucks for distance detail
Color: Red Style: Base *: Underwater camera
Review Image by Meg
Review Image by Meg
tl:dr This camera is great for close ups. Awful for landscapes and low light. The macro photos are bomb with this camera. I could see why this would be awesome for diving or detail work. In fact, we've been impressed with the macro (aka super close up) abilities of this little camera. Unfortunately, we have been unable to get it to take a sharp image for landscapes. We do a lot of hiking and chose this camera for it's ruggedness and outdoor specific build. Whenever I open a landscape image that we've taken, I've always been disappointed. Tried both the RAW (ORF) format and the JPG. Tried adjusting settings manually, as well as using the auto and landscape tools built in. Nothing is giving me a good landscape shot. When I zoom in, the definition just isn't there. Maybe this is my fault for expecting something closer to my old dslr output. Also have been markedly unimpressed with it's low light capabilities. I haven't saved any of those photos to share here unfortunately. It does have fun features like a compass, altimeter, and logging capabilities. It can track your hike and add details about where you took it like coordinates, altitude, temp, etc to your picture's meta data, so that's nice. Until we find something better, I guess we'll continue to carry this one, but it's not what we wanted it to be. Wish I could return it and look at a different Olympus product. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2023 by Meg
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