Olympus Tough TG-6 Action Camera, 12 Megapixel, Digital Image Stabilisation, 4x Wide-Angle Zoom, 4K Video, 120 fps, Wi-Fi, Red

Still better than a Smartphone
This compact is packed with features, it takes amazing photos and movies, and, in my opinion, is better at what it does than any action camera.
The colours are fantastic, and it allows for, as close to a macro, as any compact you could hope for. 4K Video at 120fps is incredible to find in a compact, and 12mp is just right for the size of sensor it sports.
This camera really comes into its own when shooting underwater, which is what attracted me to it initially, to be able to use this camera the whole day without carrying around lenses and lighting, justifies why this is the perfect camera for travelling.
I have professional mirrorless cameras and lenses; I also have action cameras and the latest iPhone, and I still find myself reaching for this camera more than any other whilst travelling, which is testament to how good this camera is even though it is 3 years old.
If you’re on the fence with this camera, then I would get it, there are pros and cons to any camera, and I guess you have to weigh up what you want out of it. This camera is versatile and robust, and if you can justify the price, it won’t ever let you down.
I highly recommend.

Great cameras
I’ve had the TG-4 for many years and been really happy with it. They’re sturdy cameras and take great photos but, after much use, my TG-4 is starting to look a bit worse for wear, so I decided to upgrade to the TG-6.
It hasn’t had a lot of use, but seems on a par with the TG-4 for ruggedness and image quality so should be fine. The more common usb-c port would have been handy for charging but this is just minor and as it seems to be the only difference between this and the TG-7 I wasn’t prepared to pay the extra for the newer model.

A very good all round camera
I read a lot of reviews prior to this purchase. We bought it for the family, but with the primary purpose of it being suitable for my 3 year old daughter to use.
It’s very simple to use in P or Auto, is sturdy enough thus far, and takes ok pictures.
If you have a recent smartphone, you’ll get better pictures from that in “normal” circumstances. Where this camera comes into its own is in wet environments or when it might get dropped. And I can’t wait to get out on holiday and try it in the pool.
So far I’m pleased with this as a versatile camera for uses where your phone isn’t appropriate and you don’t want to be carrying a slr / don’t need the image quality.
Downsides for me:
Image quality is below modern smartphone sensors and processing.
no lens cap – lens needs regular cleaning as it’s so open to grubby fingers and dust. And you need to buy an adapter to use one.
No retainer on the wrist strap for smaller wrists
Opening the flap to access the charging port is fiddly. I am the only member of the family who can do it.
Update after our first holiday and some underwater photography: it was fantastic taking this in the pool on our family’s first foreign holiday post covid, I could be in the pool with my daughter recording her swimming without worry. There are a couple of downsides though, transitions into and out of water are not handled well by the mic with loud pops and crackles that software should be trying to limit. Likewise water spots on the large front element can ruin photographs taken out of water after just having been underwater, some kind of hydrophobic coating is needed here. Finally, the display is dim even at maximum brightness meaning you’re often guessing a little as to whether the subject is central or in focus. Nonetheless I got some very cool pictures!

Excelente producto tras casi 5 años recorriendo el mundo y tirando fotos en ríos playas, etc todavía sigue impecable, solo el mecanismo de zoom ha comenzado a fallar es como si se pegará la palanca. Por lo demás excelente cámara todo terreno, esperemos que el próximo modelo tenga más megapixels

Direi “la” macchina fotografica per entrare nel mondo della fotografia subacquea: studiata per essere resistente, ha diversi accorgimenti che la rendono adatta all’utilizzo subacqueo.
Il suo principale merito è quello di avere una macro da paura senza avere un obiettivo che si allunga, questa soluzione ovviamente migliora la portabilità considerando che per portarla giù dovete scafandrarla.
In secundis, esiste tutto un mondo di accessori della Olympus ma anche di terze parti che è studiato per l’utilizzo in subacquea delle TG. Rispetto alla TG5 non mi sembra che cambi molto, qualche piccola miglioria nel sensore e nelle capacità del video. In sostanza avete un’ottima macchina per macro con dettagli spaventosamente fini senza la necessità di mettere un obiettivo dedicato, e poi ovviamente una macchina per guardare anche al wide-angle. Su questo qualche riserva viene dal fatto che: necessita di luce, tanta luce (ahimè il problema della fotografia subacquea), perchè cmq il sensore per quanto di qualità è cmq piccolino per cui soffre la mancanza di luce (non siamo ai livelli della RX100 della Sony, lì abbiamo un sensore da 1 pollice, ma abbiamo anche una macchina che costa almeno 2 volte quanto questa…). Il software non dà particolari problemi, la curva di apprendimento è abbastanza veloce.
Scatta in RAW (ottima cosa per il post, praticamente obbligatorio), ha uno zoom di 4x più che sufficiente (principalmente utile per la macro o per le brevi distanze, se volete zoomare un pesce a 4 metri è inutile perchè come detto il problema diventa la luce); ha la possibilità di variare l’apertura che anche se solo su 3 valori da cmq un minimo di flessibilità, tutta esperienza per quando poi si può passare al mondo reflex, una volta messi da parte un pò di soldini (tanti…).