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what's up prize five fans i'm brian tong we have a big time battle between two of the most rugged digital cameras on the planet if you're extreme this is the prize fight for you it's a picture-perfect punch out between the panasonic t s4 and the olympus TG one our judges for this fight are senior editor lori Gruden and senior editor Josh Coleman and we'll take both judges scores and average them out to the nearest tenth the final prize fight score we're gonna average using the same system let's keep it clean first round is design and interface now these aren't the sexiest $399 point shoot cameras you'll ever see but who cares when they're waterproof up to 40 feet deep shock through from six and a half feet high and freezeproof down to negative 10 degrees Celsius these cameras are rugged now the Panasonic T s4 is the sleeker and more stylish between the two coming in four different colors but it's LCD screen is smaller and a disappointing lower res plus if you're wearing gloves while using these specific cameras it's harder to feel the T s4 s buttons especially its navigation pad you also have to go in and out of different screens to change the settings and it's just not as simple to navigate the limp is tg1 is thicker it's bigger it only comes in gunmetal black but it has a better grip a bigger and higher res screen and it's navigation is better organized with its mode wheel that clicks into place and it's d-pad that allows you to tweak your camera's key settings on the fly without jumping into another screen sure its design is chunkier but this camera is crushproof up to 220 pounds the ps4 can't claim that so it will survive even if a big girl sits on it the Olympus tg1 takes the first round with the 4.5 and the Panasonic ps4 gets a three next round is features both rugged cameras have built-in GPS to log your photo locations Panasonic's ps4 has an indicator light on the top and on the Olympus it will show you on the screen the ts4 captors AVCHD an mp4 video and a 1080p quality it also has modes like miniature for a tilt shift lens effect and a 3d mode that takes multiple shots and overlays them to play on 3d TVs computers or frames over all the features package is pretty standard here now it also has a removable battery that requires you to use a wall charger so you'll need to carry multiple batteries if you're on the go now the olympus TG one uses a removable battery and it allows you to plug your camera directly into any power sources using a USB cable that's a lot more versatile but its biggest feature is its bright f/2 aperture lens that's a fast one and no rugged camera on the market comes close it takes 1080p video it has multiple shooting modes and special effects as well plus it has an LED light in macro mode and a bayonet mount for different lens attachments the olympus comes out strong once again with another 4.5 and the panasonic gets a 3 so after averaging 2 rounds the olympus tg1 takes a strong lead next round of shooting performance check out the numbers here people and the cameras match up pretty evenly panasonic has an edge when it comes to the first shot from start up and it also has a faster shot to shot time but it's still very close now the shutter speeds are identical in bright lighting conditions and the olympus TG 1 is just a hair better in dimmer lighting Panasonic sonic speed autofocus was slightly faster than the Olympus as well but using both cameras continuous shooting mode in our tests Panasonic's ps4 took a picture on average every 2.7 frames per second while the olympus TG one took a picture every 4.3 frames per second now if you lower Olympus's resolution to 3 megapixels it can be set to 15 or even 60 frames per second both cameras are pretty neck-and-neck overall and we're calling this round a tie at 4 we're down to the final round that sides at all and it's image quality when it comes to image quality these guys just won't value when they're focused on being rugged cameras the pictures tend to look soft or over-processed resulting invisible artifacts even at ISO 100 now Olympus's tg1 photos are too cool and have more processing artifacts while the Panasonic had a better white balance now neither camera stands out here and in the final round we're giving them both threes so let's average out all four rounds and it was a prizefight where the olympus charged heart out of the gates and panasonic just couldn't make up the difference and the olympus TG one takes this price by four to three point three and is your prize fight winner i'm brian tom thanks for watching and thanks to our sponsor ebay and we'll catch you guys next time on another prize you