Tough TG-6
Overview
Specs
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Tough TG-6
Overview
Specs
Accessories
BUILT FOR ADVENTURE
You live for the outdoors. Hiking steep mountain trails. Backpacking through a desert canyon. Skiing in the wilderness. The Tough TG-6 is ready for adventure. It’s built to endure all the extreme environments you love exploring. You can drop it. Step on it. Go deep underwater or out into a freezing blizzard. It just keeps on shooting awesome stills and video. Packed with pro features, you’ll nail difficult shots — even in low light. Shoot intricately detailed macro photos and unique shots underwater with vivid color. The lightweight, compact Tough TG-6. Engineered to survive the world’s toughest places.
- 12 Megapixel BSI CMOS Sensor
- Ultra HD 4K Video
- TruePic™ VIII
- 8x Digital Teleconverter
- Microscope Modes
- RAW Capture
- Action Track Sensors
- Built-in Wi-Fi
- Anti-Fog Lens Glass
- Date Imprint
- Underwater Microscope Mode
- Underwater White Balance Modes
- Underwater Shooting Modes
- Anti-Reflective Coating (on Lens)
Built To Do One Thing Perfectly: Never Miss
Weatherproof Construction
Bad things happen to good cameras. That’s why the Tough TG-6 is fully equipped to handle extreme conditions and keep shooting.
Anti-Fog
Don’t sweat if temperatures suddenly change. An anti-fogging design prevents condensation from forming inside the lenses so you’ll always be ready to shoot.
Lens Barrier
Add an extra layer of protection to your TG-6 with the optional lens barrier. It keeps the lens surface free of dirt and prevents scratching.
Built To Capture Your Adventures In Stunning Detail
F2.0 Lens
The Tough TG-6’s super-fast lens captures bright, richly detailed images even in low light settings.
8X ZOOM
Shoot sharp stills and video from astonishing distances with a 4x optical zoom and 2x Digital Teleconverter that achieves a maximum 8x zoom.
Raw Capture
Save your images in RAW format to make post-production processing easier.
Technology On The Leading Edge Of Adventure
Action Track Sensors
Field data like location, temperature and altitude can be recorded and viewed in real time. Sync your data to photos and video to relive your adventures in an exciting new way.
Raw Capture
Save your images in RAW format to make post-production processing easier.
4k Ultra Hd Video
Use 4K Ultra HD Video to shoot scenery like mountains, waterfalls and forests in extreme high resolution that delivers spectacular, lifelike detail and vibrant color.
Our Variable Macro System Gets You Even Closer
1cm Focusing Distance
Get close. Really, really close. The Tough TG-6 lets you focus 1cm from your subject to capture every detail.
Four Macro Modes
Taking beautifully intricate macro shots is easier when you have four shooting modes to capture what you imagine.
Macro Lighting Accessories
Elevate your macro photography with lighting that gives your shots more detail and depth.
Dive Deeper Into Underwater Shooting
Underwater Shooting Modes
Capture your underwater adventures with five shooting modes covering everything from macro images to wide-angle shots.
Underwater White Balance
Fill your underwater images with vivid color. Underwater White Balance Mode improves red and blue tones in shallow waters and down to 15 meters.
Macro Lighting Accessories
Elevate your macro photography with lighting that gives your shots more detail and depth.
Technical specifications
- Video Quality 4K, Full HD, High Speed Movie FDH, High Speed Movie HD, High Speed Movie SD
- Sequential Shooting Mechanical Shutter: 5fps S-AFElectronic Shutter: 20fps S-AF
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Tough TG-6 technical specifications
- Video Quality 4K, Full HD, High Speed Movie FDH, High Speed Movie HD, High Speed Movie SD
- Sequential Shooting Mechanical Shutter: 5fps S-AFElectronic Shutter: 20fps S-AF
- Image Sensor
- Type 1/2.33'' CMOS
- Effective pixels 12 Megapixels
- Full resolution 12.7 Megapixels
- Filter array Primary colour filter (RGB)
- Lens
- Maximum aperture 2.0 - 4.9
- Aspherical glass elements 3
- Focal length (equiv. 35mm) 25 - 100mm
- Focal length 4.5 - 18.0mm
- Filter diameter 40.5mm Adapter CLA-T01 required
- Optical zoom 4x (WIDE)
- Structure 9 lenses / 7 groups
- Monitor
- Monitor type LCD
- Resolution 1040K dots
- Monitor size 7.6cm / 3'' (3:2)
- Brightness adjustment +/- 7 levels
- Live View Available
- Focusing System
- Method TTL iESP auto focus with contrast detection
- Modes AF Tracking, AREA, Face Detection AF, Manual focus, Single AF, Spot
- AF illuminator Equipped
- AF lock Available
- Standard mode 0.1m - ∞ (wide) / 0.1m - ∞ (tele)
- Super Macro Mode Closest focusing distance: 1cm
- Microscope Mode Zoom capability while being in Super Macro Mode
- Number of images 10 / 20 / 30 shots
- Step size 3 levels
- Color selection White, black, red, yellow
- Technology Available
- Note Angle of view becomes slightly smaller
- Exposure System
- Modes Aperture priority, Art Filter, Custom shooting, i-Auto, Microscope, Movie, Programme automatic, Scene Modes, Underwater
- Shutter speed 1/2 - 1/2000s / < 4s (Night scene / A mode)
- Exposure compensation +/- 2 EV / 1/3 steps
- Enhancement function Mechanical Image Stabiliser (Sensor shift)
Advanced Face Detection Technology
Shadow Adjustment Technology
- Scene Modes
- Number of scene modes 16
- Modes Backlight HDR, Beach and Snow, Candle, Children, e-Portrait, Fireworks, Hand-held Starlight, Landscape, Landscape with Portrait, Live Composite, Night Scene, Night Scene with portrait, Panorama, Portrait, Sports, Sunset
- Light Metering
- Modes ESP light metering, Spot metering
- Histogram in shooting mode Available
- Art Filter
- Modes Bleach Bypass, Cross Process, Diorama, Dramatic Tone, Gentle Sepia, Grainy Film, Instant Film, Key Line, Light Tone, Pale & Light Colour, Partial Colour*, Pin Hole, Pop Art, Soft Focus, Vintage, Water colour
- Note * 18 colours selectable
- Note Frame rate may drop when using certain art filter
- Sensitivity
- Auto AUTO
- Manual ISO 100 - 12800
- White Balance
- AUTO WB system Applied
- Custom WB 1 setting can be registered at Kelvin temperature (2000K - 14000K)
- One-touch white balance 4 custom settings can be registered
- Preset values 6
- Underwater WB presets 3
- Sequence Shooting
- Speed (H) Approx. 20fps
Max. number of frames: RAW 14 / JPG (LN): Up to card capacity - Speed (L) 5fps
Max. number of frames: RAW 40 / JPG (LN): Up to card capacity - Pre-shutter Frames 5 frames
- Speed (H) 10fps
- Settings Available
- Speed (H) Approx. 20fps
- Image Processing
- Noise reduction Available
- Distortion compensation Available
- Engine TruePic™ VIII
- Pixel mapping Available
- Shading compensation Available
- Flash
- Modes AUTO, Fill-in, Manual, Off, Red-eye reduction
- Working range (tele) 0.2 - 3.1m (ISO 1600)
- Working range (wide) 0.2 - 7.9m (ISO 1600)
- Flash compensation Available
- Wireless Flash Control
- Control method Triggered and controlled (OM System (Olympus) Wireless RC Flash system)
Commander flash: - Group setting 1 groups
- Compatible external flash FL-36R, FL-50R, FL-300R, FL-600R, FL-700WR, FL-900R
- Number of channels 1 channels
- Control method Triggered and controlled (OM System (Olympus) Wireless RC Flash system)
- Still Image Recording
- DCF Applied
- DPOF Applied
- EXIF 2.3
- PIM III
- Image Size
- Aspect ratio 4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9 / 1:1
- Resolution 4000 x 3000 - 640 x 480
- RAW Yes
- Movie Recording System
- Recording format MOV(MPEG-4AVC/H.264)
- Image Stabilisation Mode Digital Image Stabilisation
- 4K Movie quality 3840 x 2160 (4k) / 30p, 25p (approx. 102Mbps)
Recording time: 29min. - HD Movie quality 1080P Recording time: 29min.
720P Recording time: 29min. - Note Speed Class 10 SD card is recommended for shooting movies. UHS-I Speed Class 3 SD card must be used for 4K video and high speed movie.
- Movie Specialties
- Art Filter Bleach Bypass, Cross Process, Diorama, Dramatic Tone, Gentle Sepia, Grainy Film, Instant Film, Key Line, Light Tone, Pale & Light Colour, Partial Colour*, Pin Hole, Pop Art, Soft Focus, Vintage, Water colour
- Note Not available for 4K and High Speed movies
- High-Speed Recording 640 x 360 (SD) / 480fps
720P / 240fps
1080P / 120fps - Note Max. recording time: 20s
- Time lapse 720p (AVI Motion JPEG®)
- Sound Recording System
- Sound recording Available, format: PCM
- Speaker Equipped
- Voice Playback Available
- Image footage 4s
- Internal microphone Stereo
- View Images
- Modes Event, Index, Single, Slide show, Zoom
- Histogram in playback mode Available
- Index 5 x 4 frames
- Image protect mode Available
- Zoom Available 1.1 - 14x
- Auto rotation Available
- View Movie
- Modes Fast forward, Frame by frame, Reverse playback
- Image Editing
- Editing functions Aspect ratio, Correction of saturation, e-Portrait, Gradation auto, Image Overlay, Monochrome, RAW data edit, Red-eye reduction, Resize, Sepia, Trimming, Voice Appendage
- Movie Editing
- In-movie image extraction Available (4K only)
- Trimming Available
- Customisation Options
- My Mode 2 settings storable
- Menu languages in camera 39
- Interface
- DC input Equipped
- HDMI™ Applied Micro connector (Type D) *
- Combined A/V & USB output Equipped
- USB 2.0 High Speed Applied
- Wireless connectivity Wi-Fi
- Note * "HDMI", the HDMI logo and "High-Definition Multimedia Interface" are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.
- Memory
- Eye-Fi Card compatible Applied
- Removable Media SD / SDHC / SDXC (UHS-I class supported)
- Other Features
- Date imprint Available
- Electronic compass Applied
- GPS Applied
- GPS info function GPS info function: Via smartphone GPS data
- LED Illuminator Equipped
- Level Gauge Available
- Manometer Applied
- Menu guide Available
- Panorama function In-Camera Panorama
- Perfect Shot Preview Available
- Self timer Delay: 2 / 12s / Custom
- SNS upload Available
- Thermometer Applied
- Wireless control Via OI.Share app
- Tough Features
- Weatherproof Dustproof, Freezeproof, Waterproof (15m)
- Waterproof 15m (water pressure equivalent to depth) **
- Anti-fog Dual pane glass
- Dustproof Applied ****
- Crushproof 100kg
- Freezeproof -10°C
- Shock resistant 2.1m (dropping from height)
- Conditions * Equivalent to MIL Standard (Olympus test conditions)
** According to IEC standard publication 529 IPX8
*** According to Olympus test conditions
**** According to IEC standard publication 529 IPX6
- Power Supply
- Battery LI-92B Lithium-Ion Battery
- Internal Charging Available
- Dimensions / Weight
- Width 113mm
- Depth 32.4mm
- Height 66mm(without protrusions)
- Weight 253g (including battery and memory card)
