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Should I upgrade Olympus tough tg 4 to 6?

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jarcoll Regular Member • Posts: 116
Should I upgrade Olympus tough tg 4 to 6?

I bought Olympus tg 4 in 2016 when I visited red sea.  it worked great.

I am wondering if I should upgrade it to tg 6. Anybody has experience with both cameras?

I had 3 underwater housings and they all leaked.  i am not considering underwater housing fright now.

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kelpdiver Veteran Member • Posts: 5,564
Re: Should I upgrade Olympus tough tg 4 to 6?

jarcoll wrote:

I bought Olympus tg 4 in 2016 when I visited red sea. it worked great.

I am wondering if I should upgrade it to tg 6. Anybody has experience with both cameras?

I had 3 underwater housings and they all leaked. i am not considering underwater housing fright now.

what 3 housings where those?   I'm probably in the ball park of 650-700 dives with some form of camera and no leaks.   And since vacuum systems became an option, no fear at all.

To your question, I don't think the changes warrant buying the 6.   It's still the same small sensor, still have the microscope mode, just doesn't have 4k, but still has 2k.

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Re: Should I upgrade Olympus tough tg 4 to 6?

Tell us more about your housing and cleaning/sealing practices.   100% failure rate sounds very much like you've been doing something wrong.   I've never flooded a housing, and that's 10 different housings over 350 dives.

As for the upgrade, what is it that you are lacking now that the TG6 can do?

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Robin Horlock Regular Member • Posts: 380
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TG 4 is my go to underwater camera.  In fact I have built a complete setup around this camera including a spare camera.  The TG4 is 16mb and it is every bit as good underwater as the newer TG6 and has the advantage of a few extra megapixels.

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