Has anybody got experience of the Olympus Tg 610 or 810 or similar? I'm looking for a waterproof camera to take on holiday and want something to use in and around the pool or Beach and as a general P&S camera as well. Looked at the canon ixus 115/220 Hs with a case but that makes them pretty bulky. Also want video but not bothered if it's 720p.
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Have a look at the GoPro camera's...they are HD camera's that do video and are so small they can be used anywhere!!!
Not really what I was after as they are more video cameras without any real point and shoot capability
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Work gave me an Olympus waterproof camera, not sure of the model but looks similar to the 610/810. It's awful, slow and clunky to use with bad image quality. I'd lean towards Canon for compacts. This might help http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Q209waterproofgroup/
I don't think the GoPro cameras are suitable for this thread as they're designed as helmet-cam videos as far as I can tell.
I don't think the GoPro cameras are suitable for this thread as they're designed as helmet-cam videos as far as I can tell.
Thanks, I looked at the dpreview and most of the usual suspect websites and comparisons like that one are from, in most cases, 1 or 2 models ago. I tried the Xp30 Fuji at the weekend and you could go away and have lunch while it decided to focus where the Olympus seemed to be ok. I'm used to a Sony A55 and Samsung NX10 DSLR which are very fast focusing and don't expect the P&S to be in the same league as them, but want something half decent.
I've had a TZ3 before and liked that but the waterproof case for it is more than a TZ20 and the bulk they add just sort of defeats the whole P&S approach.
Pentax Optio WG-1 may fit the bill - waterproof to 10m without a case so will probably work out a lot cheaper than the Olympus combo you mentioned: depends how deep you'll be going
The Olympus is a Waterproof camera out the box either to 5m or 10m depending on the model so same principle as the WG-1. The canon is a combo of case and camera and works out at about £200 all in for about 3m depth.