Ikelite Olympus Tough TG-5

Phil Rudin · Issue 100, Jan/Feb 2018 · pp. 48–53

Products mentioned: Ikelite TG-5 housing, Olympus Tough TG-5, Ikelite WD-3 wide angle dome, Ikelite DS-51 strobe, Ikelite fiber optic converter #4401.1, Ikelite fiber optic cord #4501, Ikelite action tray II, Inon UWL-H100

Ikelite Underwater Systems is a USA based company and during its fifty plus years in business Ikelite has expanded its distribution network to cover most areas of the world. Ikelite has a large and loyal customer base founded on excellent customer support and product reliability. At DEMA 2017 Ikelite debuted a new housing for the Olympus Tough TG-5. Ikelite currently has a line of over fifty housings for compact digital cameras (also called point- and-shoot cameras) for Canon, Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic and Sony compacts. Two of the housings the Olympus TG-5 and Sony RX100 Mark V are also sold as “kits” including the camera. Olympus Tough TG-5 If you are looking for a camera and housing system for under $1000.00 you should look no further. The Olympus Tough TG-5 is arguably the best value you will find in todays market. The TG-5 has a 25-100mm F/2 (35mm equivalent) and 4X optical z…