Originally Posted by
Happy Feet
Well, I have the Olympus TG4 which is a best in class outdoor P&S. $349CAD last year. Waterproof down to 50'. It's nice to have a camera that you don't worry about getting wet in the rain and can stand some tour type abuse like cold or dropping.
It shoots in JPEG and RAW and has a pretty good macro feature along with the ability to fix a so so external zoom lens.
Here are some pics:
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That TG4 looks like a really nice outdoor camera.
I have a Panasonic LX100, which takes fantastic photos, but it can be fragile. There's reports of dust getting sucked in through the lens extensions, for instance. (That's a problem with a lot of non-removable lens cameras; as the lens assembly moves in and out, air gets pulled inside.) So I keep it sheltered, and don't carry it while riding.
I like:
Exposure compensation, adjusting the exposure up to 3 stops. Reducing the exposure in low light keeps the camera from treating the scene as if it's full day light.
Exposure bracketing. Taking 3,5 or 7 shots at a range of exposures.
I'm planning to get DxO Optics, to edit / process raw images.
From a trip last summer. These would look way too bright at a normal exposure.
The lake was -.66 EV, and the tree photo was -1.33 EV