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Ugh...

Started Oct 28, 2013 | User reviews
Granepomate New Member • Posts: 3
Ugh...

Tough? The LCD is not recessed in any way so any attempt you make to protect it against grit and clumsiness are thwarted as any screenie will catch and peel off the first time you holster it at speed. The silly red ring around the lens fell off the first time the camera was taken out in anger. The only upside this is that you can then buy a $5 knock off of the RN-T01 lens adapter which will keep you middle finger out of the way of the lens when wearing gloves (which WILL happen otherwise, hand grip is a joke). The waterproof seals seem good but it lacks the feature that every so called tough camera (not just Oly) seems to lack, a big clunky lock button that you can force into its "OK, I will remember" position once you have set the camera the way you need and it stays like that even after switching off/on. Which brings me to this cameras absolutely inexcusable fault. It restores the flash to "On" when you turn it on. Every single time. Even with the dial in so called "custom" C1 or C2 mode. Too many lost shots. Ugh, just ugh.

Olympus Tough TG-2 iHS
12 megapixels • 3 screen • 25 – 100 mm (4×)
Announced: Jan 8, 2013
Granepomate's score
0.5
Average community score
3.2
bad for good for
Kids / pets
okay
Action / sports
awful
Landscapes / scenery
good
Portraits
okay
Low light (without flash)
awful
Flash photography (social)
acceptable
Studio / still life
okay
= community average
morepix
morepix Veteran Member • Posts: 9,753
Re: Ugh...

Nice, descriptive subject line.

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sbszine
sbszine Contributing Member • Posts: 806
Flash works for me
1

I just got one of these (firmware 1.0), and the flash does not reset to 'on' when the camera is switched off then on. I've got the mode dial in aperture priority mode, if that helps.

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cainn24 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,892
Re: Ugh...
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Granepomate wrote:

The silly red ring around the lens fell off the first time the camera was taken out in anger.

Just yesterday I was walking down the street when I saw a bunch of Rainbow Lorikeets messing about in a tree, and I was all like "for crying out loud, can't I even walk 100 meters without encountering something I have to take a photo of!?".  It really, really annoyed me.  So yeah, I know what you mean.

(unknown member) Veteran Member • Posts: 3,098
Re: Ugh...

Share some of your xperiences... lost the bling ring as well... without being tough... and it came out of the factory broken.... and it broke down even more during the first week... so tough it ain't.

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