Olympus TG-2 iHS (2013)

The TG-2 iHS was Olympus's flagship rugged point-and-shoot when it arrived in mid-2013. It was a modest but meaningful upgrade over the TG-1. The headline feature was the lens: an ultra-bright f/2.0 4x zoom (25-100mm equivalent) in the center of the body. At the time, it was the only rugged camera on the market with a lens that fast. Behind it sat a 12-megapixel 1/2.3-inch BSI-CMOS sensor and Olympus's iHS technology, which was intended to improve image quality in low light.

As the name implies, the Tough line was built for abuse. The TG-2 iHS was waterproof to 50 feet (15 meters), shockproof from a 2.1-meter drop, crushproof to 100 kg, and freezeproof down to -10°C. A water-repellent coating on the lens kept droplets off the glass. A built-in manometer could warn you as you approached that 50-foot underwater limit. It also carried GPS, an e-compass, and elevation/depth logging, which could be recorded alongside your images. On the back sat a fixed 3.0-inch OLED display with 610,000-dot resolution. It offered sensor-shift image stabilization and aperture-priority exposure control, a meaningful concession to serious shooters in this category. TechSpot called it a very minor upgrade to the excellent TG-1. That's a fair reading - the core appeal was the same, refined slightly.

The record leaves a lot out: no original launch price, no dimensions or exact weight, no battery or storage specs, and no shutter-speed range. There's no documentation of common failures or long-term reliability issues. No clean reviewer verdicts survived the archive scrape. DPReview covered it at length, but that text isn't in our files. What's clear is that it sits in the TG-X line between the TG-1 and the later TG-3, TG-5, and TG-6 models.

Sensor: 12MP BSI-CMOS, 1/2.3" (6.17 × 4.55 mm)
Lens: 4x zoom, 25–100mm equiv., f/2.0–4.9
ISO: 100–6400 native
Video: 1920×1080 max
Display: 3.0" OLED, 610k dots
Protection: waterproof 15m / shockproof 2.1m / crushproof 100kg / freezeproof -10°C
Released: March–June 2013