Used Olympus Stylus Tough TG-Tracker Digital Camera, Black

2020-03-11T20:00:00

Fantastic piece of equipment full of great features.

Mark

Originally posted at

2019-12-25T07:52:43

I tried out the tg tracker and the video. Quality at FHD is not good and lower resolution is not either. I compared it to a lower resolution 1080p video shot on my iPhone XS and the video quality on my phone was much clearer. Even at 720p on the phone is clearer than FHD on the tg tracker. I promptly returned it for a refund.

Thanh D.

2019-11-28T19:00:00

What a cool camera! Small & heavy duty and can be used underwater! Without a case! I cannot wait to use this while filming & photographing fish and other sea life. And I’ll be able to shoot & take more with the storage memory being higher than my digital camera I used previously.

EfromNLV

Originally posted at

2019-11-21T19:00:00

Great camera features in a small factor action unit.

Bluexkaynet

Originally posted at

2019-09-02T05:18:08

Nice camera

GEL7300 P.

2019-08-10T20:00:00

A truly amazing camera with tons of features - the underwater footage is outstanding - crisp and clear. These are on sale and the price is great- I use mine to teach children about capturing video and the quality is great. My only complaint is about the lens protector - that needs to be looked at as it is problematic and scratches easily or just falls off . Never had any issue with the underwater cover.

Liz

Originally posted at

2019-08-03T20:00:00

This camera is amazing. Tons of features and easy to use

Mike

Originally posted at

2019-07-13T20:00:00

Bought this as an action cam for my motorcycle riding. Chose this over other brands because of image stabilization. I am happy about image quality. Hope it was less bulky.But having shockproof camera gives me a peace of mind.

Mihoko

Originally posted at

2019-05-14T09:45:31

Fantastic pocket video camera that is super easy to use with spectacular results. So small it fits into your pocket and is super stealth when recording. Underwater use was to much fun. Highly recommended!

Jim F.

2018-12-21T15:33:00

It’s great and I love it

Jen N.

2018-12-13T10:21:00

Olympus really thought about the details when they designed this little action cam. To begin with, it doesn’t need a weather/waterproof case. It’s fine as is above the water line. To go underwater, just switch the lens protector.Another big plus: It comes with an excellent pistol grip. It’s comfortable and well contoured. It makes hand-holding the cam steady a snap.It shoots excellent video and decent stills - with the bright, snappy colors Olympus is famous for. The lens is very wide angle, so there’s some distortion at the edges. On the plus side, though, you don’t miss any of the action.The only drawback I’ve found so far is that the controls aren’t very intuitive. So there’s a bit of a learning curve.I had a competitor’s action cam for a couple of years, but rarely used it. But I can see me packing this little gem in my gear bag for frequent use.

Malcolm S.

2018-07-10T20:00:00

To be clear. I like the camera, I think it's a touch too bulky, but it's kind of nice. The software is it's biggest failure. The people who complain about the zoom forget it's an action camera before anything else; point, shoot and forget about it. Except with activities like diving or hiking, there are no few reasons you need it to zoom. Really the Tracker's biggest flaw is the software. Only one App reads the data it records, it's only available on mobile devices, and I can't chose what data to select or where to put it. Making it worse, the wifi that you use to download the videos to your phone can't support 4k; you take a video in 4k, it drops to 1080p on your phone, and you overlay what ever random data the camera picks up. What's the point of it?

Chris

Originally posted at

2018-03-21T23:08:58

I bought this camera to take on a family trip. I spent time with the retailer I bought it from going over all the functions and getting it set up. I made a few practice videos to make sure I could use it. The practice videos I made were fine. When we arrived at our destination I reviewed the practice videos I made, only to find there was no audio. I made more practice videos, still no audio. I went to an Olympus dealer that also repaired these cameras. After about 30 minutes of playing with the camera they told me they had no idea what was wrong with it. What good is a camera with all these different features if it cannot do something as basic as audio to go with the video. This camera really ruined our family trip.

David B.

2018-02-28T19:00:00

Great little video camera. I use it for diving and it works great. I also a member of a tropical fish club I can put this in a tank and leave the room and get great video.

mbsdiver

Originally posted at

2017-11-24T19:00:00

The Tough TG Tracker is an amazing little camera, I couldn't be happier with it. It fits neatly in my hand, is simple to operate and shoots amazing video, especially underwater. I've used this for scuba diving in Hawaii and Thailand and the video is consistently clear, sharp and colorful. It fits in my swim suit pocket or my buoyancy compensator pocket and is ready to go in a flash. I seldom use it with the pistol grip but probably should, still, the video is great.

RH

Originally posted at

2017-08-11T08:04:04

I love this camera and the video it produces. It is clear, clean and the color is always spot on whether it's undersea or on land. The auto white balance is amazing, several times I've surfaced from a dive and the video color is accurate as soon as I break the surface. Amazing. If I could change anything it would be to make the screen fully-articulated so I could place it horizontal and look down on it as I shot video. The screen is good but it could be even better if it could move 360 degrees.

Robert M.

2017-08-03T06:32:39

Small, light, great grip, 1/4-20 thread for standard tripod mount. This action cam is ruggedly awesome and affordable.

JEFF M.

2017-03-30T20:00:00

an amazing camera, the color of the video and picture is life like. I recommend this camera to sportsman and active people.

Adam

Originally posted at

2017-03-26T15:22:00

Overall, I really like this camera. Unfortunately the software developers at Olympus have almost made all the features that make the TG-Tracker stand out from the crowd irrelevant. For that reason I’m giving it 3 stars. If you don't care about all that extra telemetry it's probably a 4, if not 5 star device. So, short review is; great camera that can be even better in the next version. Absolutely horrible software solution. And if you want to use the GPS, Elevation/Depth, Compass, and Temperature data that is probably why your are considering this and not a comparably price GoPro Session, the software makes it such a chore that’s it’s almost not worth dealing with. Hardware: I've mainly used this camera for scuba diving, going down to about 80 feet with no issues. But I did play with it mounted to my car as well. It did a fantastic job underwater. I’ve shot in both HD and 4k, and both are excellent quality. Battery life, even with tracking on seems to be very good. I changed out batteries after each dive (about 45minutes) but the indicator makes me belie I could have maybe gotten 2 dives, or more, out of 1 battery charge. I also found that I like feature they called “loop”. You can set it to record a series of videos of a set length. So my dives where recorded in a series of 5 minute videos. But it’s not quite perfect. You can’t delete or rename the data log files. This is my biggest complaint. I ended up with 4 or 5 short logs and 1 long one that I wanted. But when you go to import them with the software there is no way to know which one you need. You can erase video files, or everything on the card. Not just the data log files. I find the buttons to be a bit too close together. I don’t think it will be very easy to operate anything but the record button and on/off with even thin summer mountain bike gloves on. I couldn’t get it to switch to data mode and display the compass on the screen while I was underwater. I can’t find anyway to disable sound recording. In most of the ways I intend on using this camera recording sound serves only to take up space and decrees recording time. It’s all or nothing with Temperature, GPS, Compass, and depth/elevation data. The flip out screen is nice, but at least a 180 degrees of rotation would be more nice. The software is where I have some major complaints, First, and perhaps biggest, is the fact that the only software (OI.TRACKER) that can make use of all that cool extra data ONLY RUNS ON A PHONE/TABLE. THERE IS NO COMPUTER VERSION OF OI.SHARE. Your phone/tablet probably can’t work with or handle 4k video, even if OI.Share would import them, which it wont. So all that cool telemetry you captured can’t be overlaid on a 4k video. I tried processing the videos with overlay on my Galaxy S7 and on an Asus ZenPad S 8.0. The software just kept crashing on the Galaxy. On the Asus tablet it failed on average 3 out of every 4 times. The instructions for working with video is very vague. It’s clear that this software was written for JPG files, not video. After some trial and error I learned that you must first import your HD files, can’t use 4k, with OI.Share, then you have to use OI.Tracker to import the data file that has all the cool telemetry. THEN you use (try to use) OI.Tracker to overlay the info onto an HD video (can’t be 4K). I seriously hope Olympus has some strong words with whomever is in charge of these decisions and has them create a PC based version of OI.Tracker so I can use my 3.6 ghz i7 processor to get that cool information onto a 20 minute 4K video. For now I’m stuck with HD video being processed on a 1.3ghz tablet. Next you MUST import files over the wifi connection with the camera. The software will NOT import video or data logs from the card if you take it from the camera and put it into your phone/tablet. And lastly, the stupid software disconnects the wifi from the camera after every transfer. The process is 1) hook up wifi. 2) open OI.Share and import a video (gotta do them 1 at a time because the software can't use my 128gb card) 3) realize you grabbed wrong video. 4) hook up wifi 5) use OI.Share to get video 6) hook up wifi 7) Open OI.Tracker and import data log. 8) realize you didn’t get right data log. 9) hook up wifi 10) import another data log 11) attempt to export HD video (no 4K) with overlay. 12) wait 15 minutes to discover video export failed. 13) repeat step 12 14) repeat step 12 15) repeat step 12, only with success. 16) repeat steps 1, 2 and 11 to 15 for next video. For all my complaints I’m not unhappy with the camera, I’m basically in the same place I’d be if I bought a GoPro Session and an underwater case. At least I don’t have to worry about the case I guess. And I'm really hoping Olympus software gets their act together and creates a PC solution to working with this camera. Dare I hope that it's a 1 application solution, and not 2 separate ones?

Mike R.

2017-03-26T15:20:41

Overall, I really like this camera. Unfortunately the software developers at Olympus have almost made all the features that make the TG-Tracker stand out from the crowd irrelevant. For that reason I’m giving it 3 stars. If you don't care about all that extra telemetry it's probably a 4, if not 5 star device. So, short review is; great camera that can be even better in the next version. Absolutely horrible software solution. And if you want to use the GPS, Elevation/Depth, Compass, and Temperature data that is probably why your are considering this and not a comparably price GoPro Session, the software makes it such a chore that’s it’s almost not worth dealing with. Hardware: I've mainly used this camera for scuba diving, going down to about 80 feet with no issues. But I did play with it mounted to my car as well. It did a fantastic job underwater. I’ve shot in both HD and 4k, and both are excellent quality. Battery life, even with tracking on seems to be very good. I changed out batteries after each dive (about 45minutes) but the indicator makes me belie I could have maybe gotten 2 dives, or more, out of 1 battery charge. I also found that I like feature they called “loop”. You can set it to record a series of videos of a set length. So my dives where recorded in a series of 5 minute videos. But it’s not quite perfect. You can’t delete or rename the data log files. This is my biggest complaint. I ended up with 4 or 5 short logs and 1 long one that I wanted. But when you go to import them with the software there is no way to know which one you need. You can erase video files, or everything on the card. Not just the data log files. I find the buttons to be a bit too close together. I don’t think it will be very easy to operate anything but the record button and on/off with even thin summer mountain bike gloves on. I couldn’t get it to switch to data mode and display the compass on the screen while I was underwater. I can’t find anyway to disable sound recording. In most of the ways I intend on using this camera recording sound serves only to take up space and decrees recording time. It’s all or nothing with Temperature, GPS, Compass, and depth/elevation data. The flip out screen is nice, but at least a 180 degrees of rotation would be more nice. The software is where I have some major complaints, First, and perhaps biggest, is the fact that the only software (OI.TRACKER) that can make use of all that cool extra data ONLY RUNS ON A PHONE/TABLE. THERE IS NO COMPUTER VERSION OF OI.SHARE. Your phone/tablet probably can’t work with or handle 4k video, even if OI.Share would import them, which it wont. So all that cool telemetry you captured can’t be overlaid on a 4k video. I tried processing the videos with overlay on my Galaxy S7 and on an Asus ZenPad S 8.0. The software just kept crashing on the Galaxy. On the Asus tablet it failed on average 3 out of every 4 times. The instructions for working with video is very vague. It’s clear that this software was written for JPG files, not video. After some trial and error I learned that you must first import your HD files, can’t use 4k, with OI.Share, then you have to use OI.Tracker to import the data file that has all the cool telemetry. THEN you use (try to use) OI.Tracker to overlay the info onto an HD video (can’t be 4K). I seriously hope Olympus has some strong words with whomever is in charge of these decisions and has them create a PC based version of OI.Tracker so I can use my 3.6 ghz i7 processor to get that cool information onto a 20 minute 4K video. For now I’m stuck with HD video being processed on a 1.3ghz tablet. Next you MUST import files over the wifi connection with the camera. The software will NOT import video or data logs from the card if you take it from the camera and put it into your phone/tablet. And lastly, the stupid software disconnects the wifi from the camera after every transfer. The process is 1) hook up wifi. 2) open OI.Share and import a video (gotta do them 1 at a time because the software can't use my 128gb card) 3) realize you grabbed wrong video. 4) hook up wifi 5) use OI.Share to get video 6) hook up wifi 7) Open OI.Tracker and import data log. 8) realize you didn’t get right data log. 9) hook up wifi 10) import another data log 11) attempt to export HD video (no 4K) with overlay. 12) wait 15 minutes to discover video export failed. 13) repeat step 12 14) repeat step 12 15) repeat step 12, only with success. 16) repeat steps 1, 2 and 11 to 15 for next video. For all my complaints I’m not unhappy with the camera, I’m basically in the same place I’d be if I bought a GoPro Session and an underwater case. At least I don’t have to worry about the case I guess. And I'm really hoping Olympus software gets their act together and creates a PC solution to working with this camera. Dare I hope that it's a 1 application solution, and not 2 separate ones?

Mike R.

2017-02-22T19:00:00

Under water video came out crystal clear. Has a photography feature but difficult to use especially if you only have one free hand. Would be great if the pistol grip could have a built in trigger to turn on/off video or to point and shoot photos. Highly recommended for videos.

Norman

Originally posted at

2017-01-26T19:00:00

When I got my new waterproof camera I was so excited and I tried it.The results are amazing and I totally recommend it to everyone:)

Stella

Originally posted at

2017-01-13T03:38:13

I bought this camera from Adorama when it first came out. The quality of the video is terrible. I have several video cameras over the years and this was the absolute worst quality I have ever seen. I have a ($) dash cam in my car that is easier to operate and has far superior video quality over this camera.

Kevin D.

2016-12-05T19:00:00

Great product, but would be nice if it had a zoom.

Treen

Originally posted at

2016-10-24T12:02:32

tried time lapse in 4k 2 sec interval and it came out really nice. It was fine in cloudy as well as sunny light and was pretty clear all around. It does have that fish eye look on the edges, but it doesn't bother me as if you keep the subject within a certain range, it's very clear. Lower resolutions you can turn on IS stabilization which works fine, took video while walking the dog and it was fine. The hand grip has the swivel down connector that you can find on most gopro accessories, so that's great that most of the same accessories fit and are cheap. The menu and ok menu are awkward, but i got used to it pretty quickly. LCD is pretty useless, but it's ok to see just what's in screen and only lets you view from behind the lens. I guess not a big problem as the lens is more of a fish eye so directing it your way will catch you in the movie or photo. So my review is more for the movies but will try take some stills with it later as well but should be fine. Great small form factor as well.

MARK F.

2016-08-31T20:00:00

Excellent nice waterproof 4K video camera. The video and audio quality is incredible. I mainly use it for my bike rides and it uses the GoPro type of mounts. It's very versatile, I like that no housing is necessary and there's an LCD screen.

Clayton

Originally posted at

2016-07-12T12:09:35

Love it. Excellent action cam for everyday use.

LEO O.

2016-07-07T09:00:31

Many things were done during the repair (calibrations etc) as well as fixing the back cover where the leak occurred. I trust that it was repaired successfully as I won't be able to test it for a few months.

Edgar R.

2016-06-30T13:44:09

I recently purchased this camera to take to warped tour and I couldn't be more happy with it! It's way better than a go pro. Just my opinion. It's very light but also feels sturdy and well built. It's a little tank! I'm very pleased with it so far!

Tayler P.