Couple of TG-6 questions...

[tursiops]

No, I'm a Canon person. AE-1, T70, AT1 (given), A1 (inherited), D40, A570IS (first 'good' underwater camera), 7D (current underwater DLSR camera), G16 (once again scooter camera).

I just like the way the Canon works.

(kinda like my wife has owned several Pfaff sewing machines and loves thew while her sister is a Bernina lover)

I think it all depends on which system you got into first. Eventually you have enough of the accessories that it's really too expensive to switch.

You are comparing many Canons with the lowest-end Olympus. That is kind of unfair to the OMD series and the quality of the Zuiko PRO lenses.
If you want to say you are a Canon person, not a TG6 person, OK. But it is kind of a broad brush to just say Olympus.

 

[sunnyboy]

Well, I was around with my 'non canon, very old' SLR camera decades ago when the very first Olympus 35mm SLR was announced. To say I was very excited by the specs was an understatement, and I would gladly have bought one were I not a student and quite totally broke.

Point is, once you have money invested in the lenses for ANY brand camera, it's an uphill battle to justify a brand switch.

 

[tursiops]

Well, I was around with my 'non canon, very old' SLR camera decades ago when the very first Olympus 35mm SLR was announced. To say I was very excited by the specs was an understatement, and I would gladly have bought one were I not a student and quite totally broke.

Point is, once you have money invested in the lenses for ANY brand camera, it's an uphill battle to justify a brand switch.

You are moving the goalposts.
But that's OK.
Live and let someone move the goalposts.

 

[deeper thoughts]

Hi all. After the demise of my Canon point and shoot, I am looking at getting a new camera. A good friend of mine, who is an amazing underwater photographer has recommended the TG-6, which I think I will be going for. My budget is a bit limited. I can afford the Olympus bundle with camera and housing direct from Olympus but I couldn’t afford say the camera then a Nauticam housing. Is the Olympus one good enough as such, and are you able to add wet lenses/strobes etc as and when I can afford to do so? I have a dive trip in 3 weeks so want to be getting it ordered so I have it ready to go

Tg 6 pictures Florida keys

Tg 6 olympus housing, air lens one strobe

 

[Blackcrusader]

My Setup
TG6 with PT 059 housing.... Two Big Blue VL4200P video lights. DIY tray and Go Pro Hero 4 in dry port mount. Taken it to 40m on dives no leaks great housing. I bought my TG6 with the housing and spare battery and other accessories as a package.

I prefer the video lights to strobes for macro and of course video.