Olympus TG-5 & PT-058 Housing

Backscatter staff · Issue 97, Jul/Aug 2017 · pp. 38–40

Products mentioned: Olympus TG-5, Olympus PT-058, Olympus TG-4, Olympus OM-D E-M1 II

Olympus was able to get us an early release of the new Tough TG-5 camera and PT-058 housing. While we haven’t had it in the water yet, we were able to get some topside comparisons with the previous model, the Olympus TG-4. Read on to see how this new camera stacks up against one of our all time favorites. King Of Macro The Olympus TG-5 carries on with probably the coolest feature ever for an underwater camera, microscope mode. Think of it as super macro on steroids. Olympus TG-5 has the highest reproduction ratio out of ANY camera currently on the market. With this camera there is no subject too small to shoot. 4K Video and 120p HD The Olympus TG-5 can capture 4K 30p video, 1080 120p video which is a massive upgrade form the OlympusTG-4. Hi speed video shot at 120p can be slowed down 4x to 30p in post for really cool ultra slow mo effects. Combining slow motion with in camera image stabi…