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Yeah, that picture on the last page of this review? That’s the OM System Tough TG-7 sitting in a glass of water, with a cat taking a drink for good measure. Why? Well, why not? After all, the camera is waterproof – and I mean, seriously waterproof. Not waterproof like an iPhone, where you’re scared to let it get in contact with water because it can get damaged by anything from the pressure in a shower head to the salt in seawater. No, the OM System Tough TG-7 is properly waterproof. So, there it is – just chilling in a glass of water while I write this review.
The OM System Tough TG-7 is a compact camera with a difference: it’s waterproof, shockproof and freezeproof. It has a GPS as part of a full Field Sensor System that records things like the temperature as well as altitude. That’s ideal for recording precisely what the conditions are if you’re doing something like scaling Everest, or to see how hot it was on the day you took
