We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. Olympus has all but owned the waterproof point-and-shoot market for years. Its Tough TG-1 compact redefined what kind of image quality and features we expected from a pocketable underwater camera, and the company has continued to iterate and refine the design in the years since its introduction. The TG-6, which replaces the TG-5, is a very modest update. It retains the same lens and image sensor, the heart of what makes a camera a camera. The upgrades come in the form of fit and finish—the rear LCD has been seriously upgraded, from a dated 460k-dot panel to a much more modern 1.04-million-dot LCD. It doesn't support touch input, which seems like a missed opportunity. Waterproof action cameras, like the GoPro Hero7 Black, have had touch screens for generations now. The interface typically doesn't work that well when the screen is wet, but waterproof cameras are often used on dry land. The rest of the basics are the same—a 12MP 1/2.3-inch image sensor, 4K video, Raw and JPG imaging, excellent macro capability, and support for add-on accessory lenses and lighting modifiers. All this is housed in a pocketable form factor that's waterproof to 50 feet, shockproof against 7-foot drops, crushproof to 220 pounds of force, and able to operate in 14-degree (F) temperatures. An updated image processor, now branded TruePic VIII, adds some refinements. It includes a digital teleconverter that promises better results than traditional digital zoom, expands macro stacking and bracketing capabilities, and offers three underwater white balance settings so you can tune images to the temperature of light at your diving depth. Some new accessories are coming with the camera too. There is a $50 lens protector—Olympus recommends it for climbers who keep the camera at their side on a carabiner to protect it from scratches—as well as a new zooming fish-eye lens adapter for $224.99. The camera will be available in the same red and black versions as previous entries in the series. It will ship in June, priced at $449.99 in the US and $579.99 in Canada. Sample image provided by Olympus.
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We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. Olympus has all but owned the waterproof point-and-shoot market for years. Its Tough TG-1 compact redefined what kind of image quality and features we expected from a pocketable underwater camera, and the company has continued to iterate and refine the design in the years since its introduction. The TG-6, which replaces the TG-5, is a very modest update. It retains the same lens and image sensor, the heart of what makes a camera a camera. The upgrades come in the form of fit and finish—the rear LCD has been seriously upgraded, from a dated 460k-dot panel to a much more modern 1.04-million-dot LCD. It doesn't support touch input, which seems like a missed opportunity. Waterproof action cameras, like the GoPro Hero7 Black, have had touch screens for generations now. The interface typically doesn't work that well when the screen is wet, but waterproof cameras are often used on dry land. The rest of the basics are the same—a 12MP 1/2.3-inch image sensor, 4K video, Raw and JPG imaging, excellent macro capability, and support for add-on accessory lenses and lighting modifiers. All this is housed in a pocketable form factor that's waterproof to 50 feet, shockproof against 7-foot drops, crushproof to 220 pounds of force, and able to operate in 14-degree (F) temperatures. An updated image processor, now branded TruePic VIII, adds some refinements. It includes a digital teleconverter that promises better results than traditional digital zoom, expands macro stacking and bracketing capabilities, and offers three underwater white balance settings so you can tune images to the temperature of light at your diving depth. Some new accessories are coming with the camera too. There is a $50 lens protector—Olympus recommends it for climbers who keep the camera at their side on a carabiner to protect it from scratches—as well as a new zooming fish-eye lens adapter for $224.99. The camera will be available in the same red and black versions as previous entries in the series. It will ship in June, priced at $449.99 in the US and $579.99 in Canada. Sample image provided by Olympus.