The action hero among compact cameras

The Olympus TG-860 digital camera comes from the rugged Tough series, which are their character waterproof and shockproof. In the absence of a suitable pool with 15m depth and the fact considering that me this dive should lack equipment definitely make more trouble than the camera, I rely on the commitment of the manufacturer that the Olympus actually coped - deeper than two meters it is not get into the water with me. The double-backed flap for battery charging and HDMI cable and SD card but looks quite reassuring.
The shock resistance, I will not test through specific throws, which should have the manufacturers done well enough before he applies it.
I do not drive my car, too against a wall to see whether the airbag actually works - I rely on it just once.
In both capacities, it is nice and comforting to know that I could do it if I wanted to because. Or when I come in unplanned embarrassment to try it.
At least the Olympus TG-860 is a very good choice, if it similar to the beach, in wet or dirty environments, on hiking tours goes.
As video Actioncam to cycling, skiing or similar activities where in doubt, just no hand is free, I do not see the camera because of their size, however.
As models of the stature of a GoPro are much more convenient and also more appropriate.
No freeclimbers or mountain bikers the Olympus would be attached to the helmet, harness, or bicycle handlebar; surely he would have recourse to a more manageable camera.
Although Olympus has to offer two tripod socket; one side and the other conventionally on the underside.
At best, if one partner is in place, the films, or if the time and a free hand there are to press the shutter release, the Olympus makes sense.
Anyone who has ever used a camera from Olympus, feels at home equal; the menu looks like with many other models of this manufacturer.
Only the Wi-Fi feature was new to me, but even this is largely self-explanatory.
With the right app on your phone then result further, unimagined possibilities of remote control with live view on the phone. Images from the camera can be transferred and sharing; everything works well, while at other Wi-Fi cameras I had some disconnections and other problems. But not with the Olympus.
The exterior of the camera makes a very robust impression; Worried I'd do me in the event of a fall to the highest foldable display.
However, this is in conjunction with the freely programmable button on the front of the camera an indispensable tool for making Selfies.
But even when shooting in shallow water, the display provides - if folded up - that the photographer only wet hands or arms obsolete when holding the camera in the water in order to make an image beneath the surface and yet to see what later will be it.
Several menu programs are available to some bothers me - as with other Olympus cameras also - that the flash can not be forced and tried the camera for too long, to compensate for lack of lighting combines high ISO values ​​in the absence of flash. This almost always leads to a distinct noise.
So often only the manual program to in poorly lit rooms noise-free images with flash and low ISO values ​​to get, but it's doable.
Otherwise, there are lots of effects, a special mode for Selfies, sports photography, underwater, super macro (and this program to its name really lives) and much more.
The built-in GPS make it even without the A-GPS data via computer very quickly to determine their own position and are later shed light on where it was photographed.
High-speed shooting are also possible; through them can be slow motion video at 120 or 240 fps customize, but with significantly lower resolution.
The image quality of the Olympus TG-860 is generally good, the pictures offer bold colors.
If you like it a little less colorfully may also not too short, because the intensity of the colors can be set in the menu.
The detail of the pictures is fine; more are an image sensor of this size simply not her. For more details, a larger sensor for example must be found in a system camera, and in conjunction with the other capabilities of TG-860, the air is very thin and then the acquisition price is doubled or tripled.

Conclusion:
Anyone looking for a compact, underwater camera and action in a single device, the Olympus TG-860 can be accessed safely.