As an expert photographer, you may normally discover me with one mirrorless digicam on every hip and a toolbelt of additional lenses, flashes, and equipment round my waist. I nonetheless love taking footage after I’m not working, however after I go on trip, hauling round a equipment full of drugs feels, effectively, like work. That’s why on my final household trip, I ended up taking extra footage on a compact digicam: The OM System Tough TG-7.
The TG-7 isn’t higher than my mirrorless, however this waterproof digicam goes the place my mirrorless digicam can’t. The digicam is waterproof, dropproof, freezeproof, and effectively, just about vacation-proof. I took the TG-7 out for saltwater fishing, kayaking to see the dolphins, sandy seashores, and underwater within the Airbnb pool. All locations that might have me extra pressured than relaxed, making an attempt to take my dear mirrorless there.
The TG-7 has a fairly typical 12MP 1/2.3-inch sensor that’s not really anything special, but what drew me to the TG-7 over other waterproof compacts is the lens. The lens is a bright f/2 at the widest angle, which is fantastic for going underwater away from the sun and still getting usable shots.
The other unique feature of the TG-7’s lens is how close it can get. I’ve photographed everything from snowflakes to bugs using the microscopic macro mode, and it’s both incredibly fun and impressive.
While the TG-7 is my favorite compact for travel, there’s another type of photographer that I also recommend this camera for: kids and teens. A kid’s camera needs to survive dunks in the toilet and being grabbed with sticky after-dinner fingers. The TG-7 will do all that, plus as a camera made for adults, it’s one they won’t grow out of as a tween or teen.
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