The Olympus Tough TG-6 replaces our Editors’ Choice waterproof point-and-shoot, the TG-5. It doesn’t make a lot of changes, but it doesn’t have a lot of competition to worry about either.
Olympus has all but owned the waterproof point-and-shoot market for years. Its Tough TG-1 compact redefined what kind of image quality and features we expected from a pocketable underwater camera, and the company has continued to iterate and refine the design in the years since its introduction.
The TG-6, which replaces the TG-5, is a very modest update. It retains the same lens and image sensor, the heart of what makes a camera a camera. The upgrades come in the form of fit and finish—the rear LCD has been seriously upgraded, from a dated 460k-dot panel to a much more modern 1.
