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Old 04-12-2017, 01:51 PM
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Look into an Olympus TG-4

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Old 04-12-2017, 02:16 PM
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Look into an Olympus TG-4
I was going to suggest this one too, but couldn't remember what it's called. The video setting on this one is really good too. Lots of members here use it for photographing their corals. It's about the same price as the Pentax. The Pentax has a REALLY good "1 cm macro" setting which outshines the Olympus if you're interested in taking pictures of coral polyps. The White Balance on the Olympus video setting outshines the Pentax.
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I'll second the Olympus TG-4 or even the TG-870.
Nice large screen with a clear image so you can actually see what your taken a picture of.
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I'll second the Olympus TG-4 or even the TG-870.
Nice large screen with a clear image so you can actually see what your taken a picture of.
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great. Thanks for the suggestions. I currently have Fuji finepix and it takes crappy pictures.
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Anyone have experience with the TG-850?
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Olympus TG-4 here, loved it when I had water to take pictures under Great close ups too.
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Here's a few shots taken with a TG-4:

















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I'd recommmend the Olympus tough series cameras as well. The TG-4 takes amazing close up pics also from as little as 1cm away, it has some quirks though. I kinda prefer using a TG-820 instead which saves camera settings for the next time you turn it on, and the lense position in the corner of the camera makes it a bit easier to take coral pics with out the camera blocking the lighting, and it's quite a bit cheaper if you find them. They 820 has its disadvantages too, it has a moving lense cover which can get sticky/sandy, a few extra metal pieces which can corrode if one isn't really diligent in freshwater rinses right away.
Custom white balance settings with both is awesome, no need for filters or post processing once you get it dialled in.
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