Alternative to Olympus TG6
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First, y'all realize this thread is like 4 years old, right?
That's going to be a pretty big step down, I'm afraid. Unless you're only shooting macro.
After shooting in Manual mode, I would not consider going back to a camera like the TG6.
That said, the TG6 is certainly capable of capturing some nice images. The best images from a TG6 can stand up to the best images from pretty much anything.
It's mainly that your percentage of "keepers" is probably going to be much lower.
At least that's my guess/opinion. I'll hope for you that I'm wrong.
Any remotely recent version of Lightroom can handle Olympus RAW files directly. No need for a step to manually convert to DNG.
That's going to be a pretty big step down, I'm afraid. Unless you're only shooting macro.
After shooting in Manual mode, I would not consider going back to a camera like the TG6.
That said, the TG6 is certainly capable of capturing some nice images. The best images from a TG6 can stand up to the best images from pretty much anything.
It's mainly that your percentage of "keepers" is probably going to be much lower.
At least that's my guess/opinion. I'll hope for you that I'm wrong.
Any remotely recent version of Lightroom can handle Olympus RAW files directly. No need for a step to manually convert to DNG.
tarponchik
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I use Olympus Workplace to convert to TIFF, then process in LR.
tarponchik
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For me, there are 2 problems. One, image quality. A6000 wins w/o much difference in size and pricing. Two, controls when shooting with a flash. For TG-6 they recommend shooting in the A mode, but this is too complicated. So I use TG-6 only as my snorkeling camera w/o the case and flash. Here it is a winner because it is small.
markloch
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I picked up a TG6 to replace a an old Lumix TS5 that finally gave up the ghost after many years of snorkeling. Of course after one snorkel excursion in Cozumel I look down at the bottom, see divers, and the next day it's Discover Scuba time.
Got home, did OW, got excited and bought a a PT-059, then realized I prefer my iPhone 13 pro max over the TG6 as a point and shoot - try as I might I wasn't really using the TG6 out of the water, I either shoot the iPhone, or one of my "serious" cameras. Never mind I'm sort of jumping the gun on OW photography, beyond snorkeling at least.
For my purposes - snorkel and casual (task-loading-limited) rec diving photography - Oceanic's new iPhone housing looks ideal. So the TG6 and PT-059 are on craiglist. I'd list it here but not enough posts yet
Got home, did OW, got excited and bought a a PT-059, then realized I prefer my iPhone 13 pro max over the TG6 as a point and shoot - try as I might I wasn't really using the TG6 out of the water, I either shoot the iPhone, or one of my "serious" cameras. Never mind I'm sort of jumping the gun on OW photography, beyond snorkeling at least.
For my purposes - snorkel and casual (task-loading-limited) rec diving photography - Oceanic's new iPhone housing looks ideal. So the TG6 and PT-059 are on craiglist. I'd list it here but not enough posts yet
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