Who would have thought! Olympus just showed a new camera sports Stylus Tough TG-Tracker, which brings a huge breath of fresh air in this slightly ossified market.
Sports Cameras. The equipment, which a few years ago was the object of desire, and which today is quite commonplace. Gone are the days when the webcam in the style of GoPro cost a fortune. Today teaches 250 zł and we have equipment with excellent quality imaging.
The market is flooded with Chinese solutions, which also has its drawbacks. Chinese so zapatrzyli at GoPro that now every cheap webcam is reminiscent of solutions Americans.
Some companies are going against the tide and propose to develop the idea of the camera sports, or equipment that not only records, but also measures the activity. TomTom has a camera Bandit with motion sensors, but this solution is far from ideal. Garmin has a camera virB and the device goes in the right direction.
Now Olympus Stylus Tough TG-Tracker shows how it should look like
the new camera sports Olympus Stylus Tough TG-Tracker refers style to “wszystkoodpornych” compact camera series Tough. it’s obvious that we are dealing with hardware that endure a lot. How much?
First of all, the Olympus camera does not require any housing. the design itself can withstand diving to a depth of 30 meters, falls from a height of 2.1 meters, crushproof to 100kg, freezing or exposure to dust. This is a great facilitation. because most cameras provide the same level of security only in a special housing, while without it remains constructions quite fragile.
on board we have a recording of 4K, stabilization, GPS and a handful of sensors
the new Olympus camera records the image quality 4K at 30 fps / 1080p at 60 frames / s and 720p at 240 frames / s. Substantial lens is f / 2.0 and a viewing angle of a staggering 204 degrees, which means that the camera also sees what is slightly behind her. What’s more, the camera is equipped with five-axis digital stabilization. Matrix is a CMOS sensor size of 1 / 2.3 inches and effective resolution of 7.2 MP.
The camera also surprising embedded sensors, of which the readings are saved along with the recording. The device on the built-in GPS, electronic compass, thermometer, barometer and accelerometer. All data can be viewed, so that we can see that the depth of dives, or how fast rode in advance.
the camera can also recognize when it is under water. Less than 50 cm is automatically activated underwater mode. What’s more, the GPS can be used to save routes, not just to obtain information about the speed, as is this place kamerce TomTom.
the battery lasts for 90 minutes of recording time.
Thoughtful extras
in front of the camera, just above the lens, you will see a round frame hiding powerful LED lamp with a power of 60 lumens. allows it brighten personnel during the recording without any additional accessories.
Olympus had solved the issue of the screen. the camera is equipped with a small LCD screen 1.5 inches, which is biased. This solution very carefully, because on account of the specific camera body, the display fixedly arranged on the side wall would be quite impractical. Swing display allows easier view of the frame, but it is exposed to snap. Well, that during the recording (after setting the frame), the screen can be folded. Preview can also be achieved in a mobile application, with Wi-Fi.
On paper it looks great
It has long new camera Sports did not do such an impression on me as the Olympus Stylus Tough TG-Tracker. The specification see only a few drawbacks. One of the biggest may be mass webcam amounting to 180 grams. That’s a lot for this type of equipment. In turn, the resolution of the matrix could be a little bigger, because images have a resolution of 3840 × 2160 pixels, and so probably will look like freeze frame of recording 4K.
The success of camera depends on the quality of recordings. Unfortunately, examples of staff on official record producer look worse than the image generated by GoPro Hero4.
The camera will be available in June. Price in the USA is 349 dollars.
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