Here we are comparing two cameras with different body types: Ricoh WG-5 GPS, which was introduced in February 2015 is a Waterproof camera with a 16.0MP sensor whereas Olympus TG-870, which was introduced in January 2016 is a Ultracompact camera with a 16.0MP sensor. There is only 11 months difference between WG-5 GPS and TG-870 so we are expecting this to be a fair comparison regarding age and technology level.
Fortunately, you can't go wrong with any of these cameras as we rank them amongst Top 10 cameras in their classes. Ricoh WG-5 GPS is ranked
#8 out of 83 Waterproof cameras with an overall score of 40 whereas Olympus TG-870 is ranked
#4 out of 155 Ultracompact cameras with an overall score of 38.
Here is a brief look at the main features of the Ricoh WG-5 GPS and Olympus TG-870 before getting into our more detailed comparison.
Let's read on in the following sections in order to better understand in detail how the Ricoh WG-5 GPS and Olympus TG-870 compare and hopefully end up with enough arguments to decide which one is better for you.
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