Whenever screw or rivet heads are used as a design medium, it is suggested that it is a camera for hard outdoor use. So also with the Stylus TG2 from Olympus. Shockproof, water- and dust-proof, frost-proof and break-proof, these are the qualities that make Olympus a priority. It should be able to withstand falls of up to two meters in height, dives up to 15 meters deep, loads of 100 kg and temperatures down to -10 ° C.
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-2: Call waiting
This sounds very good, the operating concept follows the philosophy but unfortunately only half-hearted. The main adjusting wheel is located on the back of the camera, snaps tightly and is thus well secured against unintended adjustment. But for the operation with glove is too filigree, as well as the other controls. Also the handling is not optimal. Although a vertical plastic strip is attached to the front of the camera and a small surface with a structure on the back for the counter-pressure with the thumb. Nevertheless, the camera balance and the shape of the breakpoints do not fit together.
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-2: Converter port integrated
The main menu offers many adjustment possibilities, very many even. Flash, self-timer, exposure compensation, white balance, ISO value, single or continuous image, image resolution, and aspect ratio can be displayed on the right side of the monitor, and can be adjusted immediately by four-way button. It would be even nicer if the camera would remember the last settings, but it does not. For this purpose, it offers two customer settings C1 and C2. Here you can save all recording settings to your own needs and access them at any time. Tap Control is intended to make the operation easier: by tapping against the side of the camera you scroll to the next point in menus, which also works half-reliably.
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-2: Natural image impression
The 3-inch display forms sharp and crisp, and also serves as a viewfinder, colors are, of course, reproduced. The displayed symbols are also easy to recognize. Good: In addition to the all-round carefree automatic, there is also an automatic timer with aperture pre-selection for photographers with previous knowledge. High-speed video playback (up to 240 frames per second at reduced resolution) with "Super Slow Motion playback" is also included in the high-end equipment, including a special macro function with a minimum recording distance of only 1 cm, GPS tracking and e.compass ".
Test Conclusion
The inside lens offers the usual 4x zoom with 25-100 mm (KB) focal length in the outdoor area. The light intensity is in the wide angle with 2.0 hui, in the telephoto with 4.9 rather pooh. The red ring on the outside of the lens can be removed by a simple rotation. Instead of this ring a tele- or fish-eye converter can be installed. Olympus supplies these converters as optional accessories. This extends the scope of the camera beyond the actual zoom range.
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The camera is very valuable and robust. The two covers for the compartment with the plug connections and the accupack are secured by double locks. Two slides each hold a lid to prevent a tray from being accidentally opened. The autofocus is very fast (0.18s) at the wide angle and precise. In the tele, he lags behind, but is still within the acceptable range (0.6s).
The sensor in the 1 / 2.3-inch format is limited to sensible 12 megapixel resolution. The laboratory values show adequate resolutions in the center of the image for wide angles at ISO100 and ISO400 with 1316 and / or 1282 LP / BH, the edge drop is quite high with 450 LP / BH and the quality drop from 100 to 400 is already clear. Even better sensitivity should be avoided anyway. Fortunately, Olympus has reduced the formerly very strong smoothing of surfaces by the image processor, which increases the noise, but the images do not look so unnaturally smooth.
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The Olympus Stylus Tough TG-2 is a digital camera, which offers many technical possibilities, almost unbreakable and in the test synonymous with the picture quality at least at ISO100 not disappointed. There is still air up in handling.
Olympus Stylus TG-2
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