I’m in the market for a compact, but durable camera to complement my dumbphone, but also be a potential gateway to 1080p amateur photography, mostly nature and street photography. I’ve narrowed my search to either the Olympus Tough TG-3 or TG-4, but I can’t decide which one to get.
They have mostly identical specs, but have a few minor differences:
-TG-3 has manual exposure and TG-4 doesn’t.
-TG-4 has manual focus and a live composite mode, as well as access to RAW format, with a slightly better battery.
Based on that, what does the community think might be the better option?
I would much rather have RAW files and manual focus over manual exposure. Auto exposure gets better all the time and it’s really pretty decent these days. But sometimes you want to take a picture of a mushroom or flower and the manual focus might be necessary to get the shot you want. But for myself the RAW files would probably be enough to push me towards the 4.