Here we are comparing two Olympus cameras cameras with different body types: Olympus TG-870, which was introduced in January 2016 is a Ultracompact camera with a 16.0MP sensor whereas Olympus TG-5, which was introduced in May 2017 is a Waterproof camera with a 12.0MP sensor. There is 16 months difference between TG-870 and TG-5 so we don't expect to see a huge technology difference between these two cameras but it would still give an advantage to younger TG-5, especially in sensor tech.
Fortunately, you can't go wrong with any of these cameras as we rank them amongst Top 10 cameras in their classes. Olympus TG-870 is ranked
#3 out of 152 Ultracompact cameras with an overall score of 46 whereas Olympus TG-5 is ranked
#3 out of 77 Waterproof cameras with an overall score of 60.
Here is a brief look at the main features of the Olympus TG-870 and Olympus TG-5 before getting into our more detailed comparison.
Let's read on in the following sections in order to better understand in detail how the Olympus TG-870 and Olympus TG-5 compare and hopefully end up with enough arguments to decide which one is better for you.
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