Here we are comparing TG-870 and ZS70, two Compact cameras from Olympus and Panasonic. Olympus Stylus Tough TG-870 is a Ultracompact class camera and Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS70 is a Small Sensor Superzoom class camera.
Olympus TG-870 was introduced to the market in January 2016 and Panasonic ZS70 was launched in April 2017. There is 15 months difference between TG-870 and ZS70 so we don't expect to see a huge technology difference between these two cameras but it would still give an advantage to younger ZS70, especially in sensor tech.
This will be an interesting match up as even though these two cameras doesn't have the exact same body type, they are both ranked amongst Top 10 cameras in their classes. Olympus TG-870 is ranked
#4 out of 155 Ultracompact cameras with an overall score of 38 whereas Panasonic ZS70 is ranked
#8 out of 251 Small Sensor Superzoom cameras with an overall score of 56.
Here is a brief look at the main features of the Olympus TG-870 and Panasonic ZS70 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 Panasonic ZS70 compare and hopefully end up with enough arguments to decide which one is better for you.
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