Sometimes it’s hard to write about a camera that doesn’t really stand out in any one direction.  It’s easy to write a bad review about a camera–I’ve got sufficient synonyms for “it sucks sour frog ass” to last for days.  Venom is easy to generate and fun to spew.  Raves aren’t so easy, but have the force of passion working for them.  There may be only so many ways to say “this camera rocks” but they’ve all got force to them.

A camera that’s got good performance but isn’t very easy to use is much harder, and that’s what I’m dealing with with the Fujifilm Finepix Z33WP.

The Fujifilm Finepix Z33WP is a ten megapixel digital camera that just happens to be waterproof.  It also has a 3x optical zoom, a 2.7 inch LCD screen and fifty megs of onboard memory.

It’s a good camera with a nice zoom, but it has a really strange button scheme that’s not exactly easy to use off the bat.  But once you’ve spent a little time with it, you should get a lot of utility out of it.  The Fujifilm Finepix Z33WP costs a hundred and thirty two bucks on Amazon, and overall, it’s a good camera.  Just don’t forget the learning curve.