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| The Olympus TG-1 |
The Olympus TG-1 rugged compact camera has caught my eye. While I'm still more likely to use the Panasonic LX-7 when I need a compact camera, the Olympus TG-1 has the best specifications I've seen in a rugged compact camera:
- 25mm-100mm focal length range (full frame equivalent)
- f/2.0-f/4.9 f-stop
- waterproof, shockproof, dustproof, GPS, etc...
- effective image stabilization
The lens covers a useful 25mm to 100mm range, which translate into a moderate wide angle to moderate telephoto range. This covers a range useful for scenic outdoor shots to portraits.
It starts of with a relatively bright aperture of f/2.0 at the 25mm end. Great for maintaining the higher shutter speeds needed to freeze motion, and in low light. At the 100mm end, it slows down to a rather "ho hum" f/4.9.
The full specifications are available
here.
There are some genuinely useful accessories that you can buy for the TG-1 which include a 19mm waterproof wide angle lens, a 170mm waterproof telephoto lens, and a waterproof dive housing.
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| Conversion Lens Accessories for the TG-1 |
The TG-1 does not shoot RAW images and initial reports suggest that the out-of-camera JPEG image colors are a bit muted. That's not necessarily bad thing. I would rather have the colors toned down a bit rather than have them overcooked, that way, I can still boost the colors in a post production program on my home computer. If the colors come out overcooked from the camera, detail will be lost that you cannot recover.
The Olympus TG-1 is available below from Amazon.com:
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