To come back to that olympus TG-5 in case someone find this thread with the search option.
First impression are ok.
It's good for:
- my son (he actually loves it), and the design with a lens which doesn't extent is just much better for him
- macro (you can get within 0.5cm at the long end of the zoom) so I guess you can fill the frame with something 0.5cm long which is pretty impressive.
- landscape photos in normal condition are ok at the wide end and getting softer at the long end.
Overall, it's good because i don't like smartphone so I can carry it when i don't want to carry a camera bag. Intrigued by the macro mode which might open a few new horizon to my photography, as well as the waterproof side of thing which one day could be fun.
Now i come from dlsr and there is a few thing that i am not used to;
- no manual mode
- weird aperture, for each focal lengh you have only 3 aperture (fully open, one stop down, then a much smaller aperture which isn't one, it's in fact a ND filter use to simulate a darker frame). Which mean in aperture mode at the wide end you can shoot at f2, f2.8 and a pretend f8 which is in fact f2.8 with a nd filter
-weird choice of shutter speed, often on the wide end in darker environment the shutter speed drop to 1/30th well before the iso reach the top, it's ok for me but a bit hard for my boy. Sadly there is no shutter priority mode.
Overall, you have to remember it's a point and shot and it's going to have limitation (big limitation).
So yes no impressed really but also a bit impressed. Funny feelings.