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Comparing photos between the Ricoh WG-6 and the Olympus TG-6

Started Jun 5, 2019 | Discussions thread
CAcreeks
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Re: Comparing photos between the Ricoh WG-6 and the Olympus TG-6

smithaa02 wrote:

So both are flagship rugged cameras for their respective companies released in 2019. DPReview used both to shoot almost identical scenes in Seattle on May 15th which provided a unique opportunity to compare both cameras. Granted there are flaws with this (often the TG-6 used a longer focal range), but it is still interesting.

Thanks for finding and posting comparisons!

Looks like the TG6 still overexposes by about 1/3 stop. I don't know why. You would think it's something Olympus could easily fix so that owners don't have to set -.33 permanently. Most of the DPreview samples are -EV compensated.

In this cloud-shaded scene, I tried exposing for the sky and clouds but the trees were too dark. This exposure was for the river and trees. Auto worked well (C1 actually, set to EV -.33) and there is some latitude for editing the JPEG. Original and edited:

Curves, + saturation

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