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TG320

Started Sep 11, 2013 | User reviews thread
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hha Contributing Member • Posts: 753
TG320

I was very impressed with this camera when I bought it 5 months ago, and I took 1500 pictures with it before  I took it snorkeling. On the first day I took it no more than 3 feet under water and only pressed the ON/Off button and the shutter button and all was OK.  On the second day I tried to change the camera setting about three feet under water to enable the underwater mode and the flask. That is when TG320 froze up and the LCD went dark. Salt water leak! I dried the camera with a towel to find where the water had enter. The  battery compartment was dry, but the bottom (contacts) of the SD card was wet. This makes me suspect that the water did not enter through the battery door, but though the OK button. That is the end of this camera.

It is still under warranty, but I doubt it will be honored. This is a good outdoors camera, no worry about sand, rain or dust, a little slow for action pictures, beats any cell-phone any day, but don't get it under salt water. If It had not leaked I would have given it 3 stars.

hha

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Olympus TG-630 iHS Nikon D3200 Nikon D3300 Nikon D7200 Nikon Z6 +4 more
Olympus TG-320
14 megapixels • 2.7 screen • 28 – 102 mm (3.6×)
Announced: Jan 10, 2012
hha's score
1.0
Average community score
2.0
bad for good for
Kids / pets
mediocre
Action / sports
mediocre
Landscapes / scenery
okay
Portraits
acceptable
Low light (without flash)
acceptable
Flash photography (social)
weak
Studio / still life
mediocre
= community average
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