I've had a Nikon and TG4 and the RAW feature is it, especially for underwater. Take both snorkeling an after I processed the TG4 pictures they were stunning. Can't say enough how much I could recover in those underwater shots. If you are at all interested in using it for underwater photography, it is a no brainer, TG5!
Thanks for taking time out of your vacation for your viewers. We're going river rafting in Utah soon and you helped seal the deal on the best camera for the gig.
Just bought an Olympus TG Tracker for the same purpose. Only in my case, I intend recording from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Vancouver, British Columbia.... probably around 3-4 Terabytes uploaded to icloud in two separate accounts, as soon as I can afford the £5-6000 it's going to cost for the flights, a car, and essential accommodation for the 4,000+ mile road trip of a lifetime. It will be my homage to the country I love, as a heartbroken returned emigre, back to Belfast, N Ireland, via a year in Aberdeen, Scotland, with two of my mother's sisters, after only 10 months in London, Ontario, 1957-58. My parents were 'homesick' after just 6 months. My brother Howard was born in London, Ontario, in June 1958, just two weeks before we returned to the UK. Guess where he is since 2000, as a born-and-bred Canadian?
As a camera I'd say the Olympus is the winner, but if you're diving being able to go down to 30m without a case is a huge benefit and cost savings. Yes Olympus offers a housing to get you go down to 45m (beyond recreational diving), but it's another 70% cost increase. Since I have good options above water, I think I'd go for the Nikon as a diving camera until I could afford a good diving case for my m4/3 camera. Almost every dive I make goes below the 15m mark where the Olympus TG5 is rated, but at the moment I have only gone below 30m a few times. Thanks again TCS for another great review.
I agree with another commenter that it was great that your family was ok with this episode on your vacation. It looks like you guys had a great time. I actually went on a similar vacation, frogs and all, over to Maine, and got back just a day or so ago
I don't know what you mean during that one out of focus shot haha. Chris' wife clearly wanted to show us how awesome those boats where back there. xP Great video, hope you had fun on your vacation. :D
First thanks a lot for your effort. You even thought of the youtube-community while beeing on vacation. I really appretiate that and hope that your family wasn't too annoyed. And I really enjoyed to watch a review of this camera segment. Great attitude that you can still find good words for those cameras though you are reviewing anything from Pentax 645Z to Leica. Good job! And thanks a lot!
I've have the TG2 and TG4 and they are incredible cameras. Sometimes I just use the TG's for on the go picture taking instead of my dSLR or bridge camera. I bought the two lenses mentioned and they are handy. I love the Wi-Fi and GPS features
Chris I always love your videos. You have a great way of explaining what the options are. Kudos to your family too. You are blessed. Thanks for your video, and please keep them coming.
One of my favorite vids was the underwater cameras shootout from 2013 - thanks for doing one more! I own a AW120 which has suddenly died. Not too sad as picture quality was not great and OLED LCD was terrible in daylight. Too bad the TG-870 line is not being developed.
Good comparison - thanks. We bought the nikon, ease of use was the prime requirement. The fact that it used the same cards as our other nikon's, was a bonus.
Great review as always, but what I was impressed with is your wife's skill behind that video camera. Wow, she's a very skilled and talented lady, and you two nailed this one!
This was such a wonderful review and video in every way. Most relaxing review I think I've seen! And I believe I'm going to get the TG-5 ... that macro capability was impressive. And the video quality, just excellent. Thanks again for the great review.
Nice vid-I had tg4 for a while, did not like results, got an underwater bag instead. Do miss some of the fun features. Wish other companies would put in that amazing macro and mirror mode.
Awesome review. My wife and I are headed out on a vacation in three weeks (will be in Quebec and Ontario for a bit too). We are bringing our kayaks and folding bikes camping with us. I have a dry bag for my Panasonic FZ1000m2 bridge camera, but find myself missing a lot of shots because I have to stop paddling to get the camera out to shoot. I have an old Panasonic TS3 from 2011 that I used in the water and decided to look for a newer version. Unfortunately our trip starts before the release of the new TG-6 so I’m looking at the TG-5 now. Ideally I’d rent one for a couple of weeks instead of buying one, but not sure yet. The TG-5 looks compelling.
Great video my friend , I had a question I was looking at this camera and the cannon g7x Mark ii , I have a good cell phone , gopro 5 gopro 6 and a 4 I do fishing videos , but i struggle while filming night fusing videos with those cameras so I was looking at the f stop really I'm not a professional camera man and Kim just learning , I wanted to know if and how much better the G7x Mark ii will be for night videos
Nice review. I bought the TG-5 to replace our old TG-3, mostly because of the RAW file capture and thus far it's been great. There's a ton of new features too.
Sometimes I use Olympus TG-5 to record video. This camera has the autofocus problem in motion when you record video: the camera autofocus is working not quickly. The problem with camera autofocus in motion does exist. It's better to record in a static position. Besides, there are digital noices in low light if your camera white balance seted as 'Auto' and I'd like to say the problem with diginal noice in low light can reduce if your camera white balance seted manually, not 'Auto'. After recording you can be processed your clips in a video editor in addition to reduce noices.
Thank you for a great comparison. You helped me decide on the TG-5, mostly due to its a being able to shoot RAW files. Currently the Nikon was $386USD and the Olympus $419USD.
I have a TG-4 and the RAW feature alone makes a big difference. I may upgrade to the TG-5 someday, lots of nice new additions. I really like the ability to use the fisheye converter with it. I have a tiny camera case and fit the TG-4, fisheye, extra battery and charger - not bulky at all.
Yeah, Couldn't really find any water that was really clear and when we got to Lake Superior it was a funky red colour and there were ECOLI notifications everywhere. Chris @ TCSTV
Chris beautiful family thank you for sharing in I love Jordan let Jordan know that Joe from Atlanta Georgia thinks he's the best of course you too but anyway have a great vacation I know this is an old video anyway see you later
Very very helpful!!! I could not pick between the two. I have always gotten the newest olimpus every time but i think i am going to try the Nikon this time. The main reason is because i always break the Olimpus, so i will try something new and see if that helps. THANK YOU!!
Yeah, panasonic has the same low-light perfomance when it comes to the same ISO. But you should keep in mind that olympus has 1 step brighter lenses and so that you should have compared 1600 nikon VS 800 or 1000 olympus in terms of the same shutter speed
Nice review. I am using the TG5 (since september 2017) for action photos and video while running and cycling. I am very satisfied about this camera. It is easy to use, no dust issues, the AF is very fast (much better than Lumix) and the quality of the photos/videos is good. If it had a larger sensor it would be one of the best compact camera's overall, I think.
A little lantern in the camera is amazing for macro footage in the dark, I normally use my cellphone because no camera do that natively. As I like macros, the TG-5 is the best in my opinion, and it's the most beautiful too, the kids were wrong.
Hey guys! Been watching since the first battle of f-stop ridge, but I've never commented before. First off, love your work. It's both entertaining and very informative. Second, would you ever do an unsung cameras of yesteryear style video for some vintage lenses? Or do you just do that for bodies.
+Rediscover Film you basically described the Nikon AW1 with the 10mm Waterproof pancake. I loved that combo, and I was really surprised it never caught on. Jordan @ TCSTV
What about the SeaLife DC2000? It's a 1" sensor with a 31mm equiv. f/1.8 lens. I've been curious about it, but the only reviews I ever see are specific to scuba usage.
I was hoping it might be useful as a kind of bootleg Ricoh GR, but I don't know if that's totally unreasonable. I'm that weirdo who would want a scuba cam for regular point and shootery.
Thanks for the review. I've had both nikon and olympus kit and am looking for a decent vest pocket holiday shooter rather than carry around my nikon DLSR. After your excellent review I must say I'm leaning towards the Olympus. Imho the raw ability and how the grip is designed makes it for me a more usable device. Against thanks for the over view
I am so Happy to find this video we bought this camera to take with us to Hawaii to celebrate my birthday I love this Camera the only problem I have is I need to get all of the pictures off the camera
Good review, even though I was looking for a comparison of their use for scuba photography (and I know the Olympus you pretty much need to use a housing for for scuba), this review still was very useful and gave me lots of good info. For anyone else, I will say I've used the W300 a lot underwater, and spent a short time using the Olympus in a housing, both took decent photos. I probably preferred the Nikon since I didn't need a housing and it was just super simple to use underwater (where it is much harder to fiddle with options etc. and you're often relying on the auto-focus etc. more), and the Bluetooth auto transfer to the phone is handy too. Buuuuuttt, after going to 29m on a dive, and after a few years of good use, my w300 finally died... Now I'm trying to decide between getting another one or getting the TG-6... Seems the TG-6 does a bit more... But you have to spend twice the price when you factor in the housing... More when you factor in other lenses/gadgets for the housing... Tough choices...
Great vid as always. Love my tg4. These cameras are great on holiday. Lots of underwater video and photos. Great microscope macro for strange creepy crawlers.
This was interesting. When you compared the low-light performance of the two cameras I wasn't sure which one really looked better, but I think the Olympus took in a little bit more light. My thoughts are that generally when comparing cameras, sometimes one looks better with one scene and another looks better with another scene. In your low-light comparison you had a light on the building that was shining outwards toward the cameras. I would like to guess that when these two cameras are compared over a wide variety of different types of low-light scenes, maybe we would see different results. I think both cameras are pretty nice.
Hey Chris you got a great family thank you for sharing both cameras I still like the Nikon but that's my opinion but thank you again man you did a great job and look like a lot of fun
The W300 likely takes sharper pictures, has much better image stabilization, and is more affordable. The TG-5 takes better underwater video, has way better macro (W300 macro mode regressed significantly from the AW1XX series), take better lowlight shots and has much better white balance. It was a good review, but I will disagree that the W300 typically takes warm photos. Quite often my W300 will take cool photos. Sometimes perfect. It would be nicer to see these camera shoot identical scenes to make comparisons easier. Also with cameras like this you have to be very self-conscious about the sun. Overcast, front-lit, and back-lit photos all have dramatically different effects on white balance and have to be tested separately.
With regard to them "being able to go deeper than you ever need to go": I sold my TG-2 because it only could go down to 15 meters and when I got my PADI Advanced Open Water, I could go down to 30. I got an RX100 instead and a separate underwater housing.
The TG-5 is also rated to 15 meters by itself, but with the PT-058 housing it's rated to 45 meters. I use the housing even at shallower depths, because the large buttons and levers are easier to operate with gloves on than the controls on the bare camera.
Hi, for photos to one meter far, to shoot pigeon and pigeon eye, what camera with photo quality do you prefer Olympus Tough TG-5 or canon power shot 730 hs, can you help me?
i get your explanation of why you are comparing to each other, but, just curious if you guys looked at any pics vs a cellphone. I was thinking of getting one of these cameras, for fishing but the pics that come out of my iphone SE, to me look really great. One of these cameras would be better, significantly better, right?
I've had a Nikon and TG4 and the RAW feature is it, especially for underwater. Take both snorkeling an after I processed the TG4 pictures they were stunning. Can't say enough how much I could recover in those underwater shots. If you are at all interested in using it for underwater photography, it is a no brainer, TG5!
Your wife did an admirable job! Always grateful for new reviews, thanks!
Yeah this is a hands-down one of the best camera reviews I've ever seen.
Thanks for taking time out of your vacation for your viewers. We're going river rafting in Utah soon and you helped seal the deal on the best camera for the gig.
Just bought an Olympus TG Tracker for the same purpose. Only in my case, I intend recording from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Vancouver, British Columbia.... probably around 3-4 Terabytes uploaded to icloud in two separate accounts, as soon as I can afford the £5-6000 it's going to cost for the flights, a car, and essential accommodation for the 4,000+ mile road trip of a lifetime. It will be my homage to the country I love, as a heartbroken returned emigre, back to Belfast, N Ireland, via a year in Aberdeen, Scotland, with two of my mother's sisters, after only 10 months in London, Ontario, 1957-58. My parents were 'homesick' after just 6 months. My brother Howard was born in London, Ontario, in June 1958, just two weeks before we returned to the UK. Guess where he is since 2000, as a born-and-bred Canadian?
Thank you family, you all did a great job. Shooting a Fiji 100XT, the Olympus looks like it would feel comfortable to use.
Chris is a professional reviewer. He could review a flip phone and we'd all click and watch. It's like Christmas whenever a new upload appears
Excellent review of each camera. Thanks for taking the time out of your vacation for this.
Erin did a great job with the camera and the whole video has a relaxed family vibe to it. A Danish person would call it hygge. Well done.
As a camera I'd say the Olympus is the winner, but if you're diving being able to go down to 30m without a case is a huge benefit and cost savings. Yes Olympus offers a housing to get you go down to 45m (beyond recreational diving), but it's another 70% cost increase. Since I have good options above water, I think I'd go for the Nikon as a diving camera until I could afford a good diving case for my m4/3 camera. Almost every dive I make goes below the 15m mark where the Olympus TG5 is rated, but at the moment I have only gone below 30m a few times. Thanks again TCS for another great review.
Your still helping people make those decisions with this review. Thanks for the review and info its greatly appreciated. Wonderful family as well!
Thanks Chris for taking your vacation time to do something for us :) W300 is gonna be my next underwater camera :)
Cmon! This has to be the best channel for camera reviews!
A great review. Thank you the time you took on your holidays to produce it. A big thumbs UP!
I agree with another commenter that it was great that your family was ok with this episode on your vacation. It looks like you guys had a great time. I actually went on a similar vacation, frogs and all, over to Maine, and got back just a day or so ago
Great review, as always, thank you for taking us with you on your trip. They did such a good job.
Wonderful review! Likely going to buy the TG-5 for our underwater Maui shots. Love seeing Lake of Woods, we spend our summers there 👍🏻
Thanks for taking the time to review these cameras . Looking to get the Olympus TG-5 while it's on sale !
Great to see some family footage for this review, very nice video as always.
Great review Chris. Appreciate your dedication even when you're on vacation.
Loved the colors on the Olympus.
I don't know what you mean during that one out of focus shot haha. Chris' wife clearly wanted to show us how awesome those boats where back there. xP
Great video, hope you had fun on your vacation. :D
~Ravens Haha, thanks Ravens!
You Guys are awesome! I´m always enjoying your honest reviews. Big Thumbs up!
First thanks a lot for your effort. You even thought of the youtube-community while beeing on vacation. I really appretiate that and hope that your family wasn't too annoyed.
And I really enjoyed to watch a review of this camera segment. Great attitude that you can still find good words for those cameras though you are reviewing anything from Pentax 645Z to Leica.
Good job! And thanks a lot!
Cool of your family (and wife) to support the idea of doing a shootout while on holiday.
I've have the TG2 and TG4 and they are incredible cameras. Sometimes I just use the TG's for on the go picture taking instead of my dSLR or bridge camera. I bought the two lenses mentioned and they are handy. I love the Wi-Fi and GPS features
Chris I always love your videos. You have a great way of explaining what the options are. Kudos to your family too. You are blessed. Thanks for your video, and please keep them coming.
I used the Nikon the other day diving to about 40 feet in CA using a lighting rig and was very happy with it!
One of my favorite vids was the underwater cameras shootout from 2013 - thanks for doing one more!
I own a AW120 which has suddenly died. Not too sad as picture quality was not great and OLED LCD was terrible in daylight. Too bad the TG-870 line is not being developed.
Good comparison - thanks. We bought the nikon, ease of use was the prime requirement. The fact that it used the same cards as our other nikon's, was a bonus.
Excellent Chris! Was more fun watching you and your family having a great vacation, but I agree, the Oly gets it!
Great review as always, but what I was impressed with is your wife's skill behind that video camera. Wow, she's a very skilled and talented lady, and you two nailed this one!
Best video so far that I have seen comparing these two cameras (or similar). Congratulations, very good job!
Thank you! I was on the fence between these two cameras. This video was very helpful.
This was an extremely helpful video, Thanks!
This is very helpful. Great video.
This was such a wonderful review and video in every way. Most relaxing review I think I've seen! And I believe I'm going to get the TG-5 ... that macro capability was impressive. And the video quality, just excellent. Thanks again for the great review.
Liked your presentation....I love Nikon w300....Thanks
4:55 best picture of the trip!!!!!!! : ) Great vid as always kudos to your fam.
Look out Jordan, there's a new cat in town and she's called Erin! 📹💪🏼
+Down Under Vlog Make no mistake, I am very, very nervous about my position.
Jordan @ TCSTV
Down Under Vlog I did the easy part of filming. Jordan still slaved over all the footage and edited this bad boy. Huge thanks to you Jordan!
11:49 I think you are safe Jordan
Nice vid-I had tg4 for a while, did not like results, got an underwater bag instead. Do miss some of the fun features. Wish other companies would put in that amazing macro and mirror mode.
Awesome review. My wife and I are headed out on a vacation in three weeks (will be in Quebec and Ontario for a bit too). We are bringing our kayaks and folding bikes camping with us. I have a dry bag for my Panasonic FZ1000m2 bridge camera, but find myself missing a lot of shots because I have to stop paddling to get the camera out to shoot. I have an old Panasonic TS3 from 2011 that I used in the water and decided to look for a newer version. Unfortunately our trip starts before the release of the new TG-6 so I’m looking at the TG-5 now. Ideally I’d rent one for a couple of weeks instead of buying one, but not sure yet. The TG-5 looks compelling.
Interesting effect on the water when Chris is sitting on the dock at 6.16 minute mark, the water looks like it was shot in 60fps.
Great job, you're a natural. Enjoying my TG-5
Thanks for the review. I think I'm set on buying the TG5 now for my new underwater camera!
Great video and so many beautiful places to visit over there! Keep it up!
Great video my friend , I had a question I was looking at this camera and the cannon g7x Mark ii , I have a good cell phone , gopro 5 gopro 6 and a 4 I do fishing videos , but i struggle while filming night fusing videos with those cameras so I was looking at the f stop really I'm not a professional camera man and Kim just learning , I wanted to know if and how much better the G7x Mark ii will be for night videos
The logo rendering looks different. Loved the review. You have a wonderful family. God bless them...💐
Never really paid attention to this camera market but the tg5 looks quite amazing for its body size
Great review and beautiful family. Look out Jordan there are some people competing for your position. :p
Nice review.
I bought the TG-5 to replace our old TG-3, mostly because of the RAW file capture and thus far it's been great. There's a ton of new features too.
Sometimes I use Olympus TG-5 to record video. This camera has the autofocus problem in motion when you record video: the camera autofocus is working not quickly. The problem with camera autofocus in motion does exist. It's better to record in a static position.
Besides, there are digital noices in low light if your camera white balance seted as 'Auto' and I'd like to say the problem with diginal noice in low light can reduce if your camera white balance seted manually, not 'Auto'. After recording you can be processed your clips in a video editor in addition to reduce noices.
Chris soon to become my favourite camera youtuber.
Super helpful review - fun and informative. Thanks!
I like the personality in this video, thanks for sharing.
Great review ! Thank you 🙏.
You should include Digiscoping features in your reviews! Excellent review.
Thank you for a great comparison. You helped me decide on the TG-5, mostly due to its a being able to shoot RAW files.
Currently the Nikon was $386USD and the Olympus $419USD.
Hello Chris Nichols and hello to Jordan thank you for sharing these great video have a great Thanksgiving and happy holidays
I have a TG-4 and the RAW feature alone makes a big difference. I may upgrade to the TG-5 someday, lots of nice new additions. I really like the ability to use the fisheye converter with it. I have a tiny camera case and fit the TG-4, fisheye, extra battery and charger - not bulky at all.
I kept waiting for a underwater shot. I guess those lakes are too dark. I do love your reviews though.
Yeah, Couldn't really find any water that was really clear and when we got to Lake Superior it was a funky red colour and there were ECOLI notifications everywhere.
Chris @ TCSTV
Sam Santana They are! But I'm not.
Loopsrainforest
It's best to get a housing
Amazing explanation.. Thankyou!
Cheers. You're probably the best camera reviewer out there.
Chris beautiful family thank you for sharing in I love Jordan let Jordan know that Joe from Atlanta Georgia thinks he's the best of course you too but anyway have a great vacation I know this is an old video anyway see you later
What a beautiful location.
Very very helpful!!! I could not pick between the two. I have always gotten the newest olimpus every time but i think i am going to try the Nikon this time. The main reason is because i always break the Olimpus, so i will try something new and see if that helps. THANK YOU!!
Working on your vacation. What a guy!
I can listen TO Chris ramble all day long about cameras.
Yeah, panasonic has the same low-light perfomance when it comes to the same ISO. But you should keep in mind that olympus has 1 step brighter lenses and so that you should have compared 1600 nikon VS 800 or 1000 olympus in terms of the same shutter speed
nice video chris
Wow a 20 min vid on point and shoot cameras!
Nice review. I am using the TG5 (since september 2017) for action photos and video while running and cycling. I am very satisfied about this camera. It is easy to use, no dust issues, the AF is very fast (much better than Lumix) and the quality of the photos/videos is good. If it had a larger sensor it would be one of the best compact camera's overall, I think.
Marcel Slagman hi I am looking for a rugged camera for the same purposes as yours mainly cycling, how are videos shot while cycling ?
A little lantern in the camera is amazing for macro footage in the dark, I normally use my cellphone because no camera do that natively. As I like macros, the TG-5 is the best in my opinion, and it's the most beautiful too, the kids were wrong.
Hey guys! Been watching since the first battle of f-stop ridge, but I've never commented before. First off, love your work. It's both entertaining and very informative. Second, would you ever do an unsung cameras of yesteryear style video for some vintage lenses? Or do you just do that for bodies.
Unsung lenses would be a lot of fun! I'll pitch it to Chris.
Jordan @ TCSTV
Thanks! Good reviews and comparison!
Olympus, please bring out a TG camera with a 1" sensor and a nice 28mm equivalent prime lens (f/2.8). Cheers
+Rediscover Film you basically described the Nikon AW1 with the 10mm Waterproof pancake. I loved that combo, and I was really surprised it never caught on.
Jordan @ TCSTV
What about the SeaLife DC2000? It's a 1" sensor with a 31mm equiv. f/1.8 lens. I've been curious about it, but the only reviews I ever see are specific to scuba usage.
I was hoping it might be useful as a kind of bootleg Ricoh GR, but I don't know if that's totally unreasonable. I'm that weirdo who would want a scuba cam for regular point and shootery.
TheCameraStoreTV
You’ve failed to consider that the Nikon AW1 is 3x the cost of the TG-5. 😉
They often flooded.
Came here after Chris's and Jordan's DPReview video featuring these cameras lol
Thanks for the review.
I've had both nikon and olympus kit and am looking for a decent vest pocket holiday shooter rather than carry around my nikon DLSR.
After your excellent review I must say I'm leaning towards the Olympus.
Imho the raw ability and how the grip is designed makes it for me a more usable device.
Against thanks for the over view
I am so Happy to find this video we bought this camera to take with us to Hawaii to celebrate my birthday I love this Camera the only problem I have is I need to get all of the pictures off the camera
Thank you for this video! So much great information!
I like that new intro!
Final campfire shot: is it from Fubar?
Awesome review as always.
Good review, even though I was looking for a comparison of their use for scuba photography (and I know the Olympus you pretty much need to use a housing for for scuba), this review still was very useful and gave me lots of good info.
For anyone else, I will say I've used the W300 a lot underwater, and spent a short time using the Olympus in a housing, both took decent photos. I probably preferred the Nikon since I didn't need a housing and it was just super simple to use underwater (where it is much harder to fiddle with options etc. and you're often relying on the auto-focus etc. more), and the Bluetooth auto transfer to the phone is handy too. Buuuuuttt, after going to 29m on a dive, and after a few years of good use, my w300 finally died... Now I'm trying to decide between getting another one or getting the TG-6... Seems the TG-6 does a bit more... But you have to spend twice the price when you factor in the housing... More when you factor in other lenses/gadgets for the housing... Tough choices...
Great video, thank you.
Great review, very comprehensive!
Great vid as always. Love my tg4. These cameras are great on holiday. Lots of underwater video and photos. Great microscope macro for strange creepy crawlers.
This was interesting. When you compared the low-light performance of the two cameras I wasn't sure which one really looked better, but I think the Olympus took in a little bit more light. My thoughts are that generally when comparing cameras, sometimes one looks better with one scene and another looks better with another scene. In your low-light comparison you had a light on the building that was shining outwards toward the cameras. I would like to guess that when these two cameras are compared over a wide variety of different types of low-light scenes, maybe we would see different results. I think both cameras are pretty nice.
@11:06 totally missed the focus hahahha. Jordan should be there!
Hey Chris you got a great family thank you for sharing both cameras I still like the Nikon but that's my opinion but thank you again man you did a great job and look like a lot of fun
Nice review! I love that the landscape there looks exactly like Finland :) Cheers!
awesome ..!!! thanks for this one ....
The W300 likely takes sharper pictures, has much better image stabilization, and is more affordable. The TG-5 takes better underwater video, has way better macro (W300 macro mode regressed significantly from the AW1XX series), take better lowlight shots and has much better white balance. It was a good review, but I will disagree that the W300 typically takes warm photos. Quite often my W300 will take cool photos. Sometimes perfect. It would be nicer to see these camera shoot identical scenes to make comparisons easier. Also with cameras like this you have to be very self-conscious about the sun. Overcast, front-lit, and back-lit photos all have dramatically different effects on white balance and have to be tested separately.
With regard to them "being able to go deeper than you ever need to go": I sold my TG-2 because it only could go down to 15 meters and when I got my PADI Advanced Open Water, I could go down to 30. I got an RX100 instead and a separate underwater housing.
The TG-5 is also rated to 15 meters by itself, but with the PT-058 housing it's rated to 45 meters. I use the housing even at shallower depths, because the large buttons and levers are easier to operate with gloves on than the controls on the bare camera.
Thank you sir for making this video
amazing video and review, thanks for helping me determine which camera I'm going to get for my 8 months adventure around the globe =)
YES! i was waiting for this!
Hi, for photos to one meter far, to shoot pigeon and pigeon eye, what camera with photo quality do you prefer Olympus Tough TG-5 or canon power shot 730 hs, can you help me?
How do the LCDs compare? as a nikon AW120 owner, I can say the OLED display is not visible in daylight.
Excellent an informative video, thanks!
Question: How was the audio when doing videos with those cameras? No one ever seems to talk about it.
i get your explanation of why you are comparing to each other, but, just curious if you guys looked at any pics vs a cellphone. I was thinking of getting one of these cameras, for fishing but the pics that come out of my iphone SE, to me look really great.
One of these cameras would be better, significantly better, right?
I thought the Nikon had a little more/better dynamic range. Your thoughts? Though the Olympus is probably the camera I would grab.
Very Thorough, thank you