Easy to carry, water proof to swimming depth, shock proof from kids height. A High quality camera that is easy to use, easy to carry around kids to get the once in a childhood shots I have only had the Tough 6020 for a few days. It seems it isn't really water resistant. Once I got it back I used it another two times and had to send it back in for the same reason.
So all in all, I can't say that this camera was awful because it did have some pros that I think were beneficial to me and could be to other people. I bought this camera as a replacement for a compact point and shoot cannon. Not the case with my new Stylus Tough. I miss the function dial from the past cameras. I'm waiting for a reply on this. To their credit, Olympus tech support is prompt, once you get past the phone tree. So I purchased another one in May 2011 and it worked great for a couple of weeks. But the first time I took it into the water (a swimming pool), it had problems again.
Dark photos with a flash do not look all that spectacular but still have great detail, but what do you expect, eh? My one qualm is the USB cable. So, take your habits with normal photography and double them if you plan on taking this camera below the surface: stay still, don't zoom in low light, and use the flash sparingly, especially in coastal/cloudy water. Learned as we went and read the directions. Changing between the different modes on the camera is fast and easy, and all the settings for that mode are right on the same screen, so it's so easy to quickly adjust a setting if you needed to. It's a great little camera to have!
Eventually after 18 months, it stopped working altogether. So I sent it to the New York Olympus center. I was especially interested in taking the camera snorkeling on the coral reefs there. It goes down 30ft, which is plenty for snorkeling: the furthest I could comfortable descend is about ~20ft.
Unfortunately it does not allow adding a date stamp directly on the jpeg image files. Not good.
If you're looking for a camera to occasionally use in a wet environment, but otherwise you want to pull it out of your pocket and get a good photo quickly, this isn't it. I used this camera for almost a month trying to learn how to use it well, but never succeeded, I believe due to the camera itself. This camera takes great pictures, great video, is the perfect size, easy to use, and quite possibly the best camera I have ever owned. I have had it wet and underwater many times, including a 20 minute test in the sink as soon as I got it to make sure it is 100% waterproof, and again the camera exceeded my expectations.
It doesn't overshadow those close-ups like a flash can. In fact, there's the general close-up mode, the super close-up mode, and then the ultra close-up mode with the LED.
So all in all, I can't say that this camera was awful because it did have some pros that I think were beneficial to me and could be to other people. I bought this camera as a replacement for a compact point and shoot cannon. Not the case with my new Stylus Tough. I miss the function dial from the past cameras. I'm waiting for a reply on this. To their credit, Olympus tech support is prompt, once you get past the phone tree. So I purchased another one in May 2011 and it worked great for a couple of weeks. But the first time I took it into the water (a swimming pool), it had problems again.
Dark photos with a flash do not look all that spectacular but still have great detail, but what do you expect, eh? My one qualm is the USB cable. So, take your habits with normal photography and double them if you plan on taking this camera below the surface: stay still, don't zoom in low light, and use the flash sparingly, especially in coastal/cloudy water. Learned as we went and read the directions. Changing between the different modes on the camera is fast and easy, and all the settings for that mode are right on the same screen, so it's so easy to quickly adjust a setting if you needed to. It's a great little camera to have!
Eventually after 18 months, it stopped working altogether. So I sent it to the New York Olympus center. I was especially interested in taking the camera snorkeling on the coral reefs there. It goes down 30ft, which is plenty for snorkeling: the furthest I could comfortable descend is about ~20ft.
Unfortunately it does not allow adding a date stamp directly on the jpeg image files. Not good.
If you're looking for a camera to occasionally use in a wet environment, but otherwise you want to pull it out of your pocket and get a good photo quickly, this isn't it. I used this camera for almost a month trying to learn how to use it well, but never succeeded, I believe due to the camera itself. This camera takes great pictures, great video, is the perfect size, easy to use, and quite possibly the best camera I have ever owned. I have had it wet and underwater many times, including a 20 minute test in the sink as soon as I got it to make sure it is 100% waterproof, and again the camera exceeded my expectations.
It doesn't overshadow those close-ups like a flash can. In fact, there's the general close-up mode, the super close-up mode, and then the ultra close-up mode with the LED.
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