Comments on: Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP 10 MP Waterproof digitale camera met 3x optische zoom

door: Mom of 2

Mom of 2 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:12:07 +0000

I am by no means a photographer…I do have 2 toddlers and do enjoy trying to take quality shots of them. I bought this camera to replace my Olympus Stylus 770 which recently died (the waterproof camera suffered water damage…go figure). So I try to put my SDHC memory card in and it won’t work. So I use the internal memory to take a few pictures of non-moving objects (the sleeping cat, kitchen table, bed)…just ’stuff’ to try out the camera. The shutter speed is SLOW. Like the slowest camera I’ve ever seen. Every single photo I snapped was blurry beyond recognition. I immediately returned this product. I was really dissapointed because the price was good but I guess you get what you pay for.

Luckily I had some gift cards come my way and I have a Canon D10 on order. Hopefully that’s as good as the reviews say
Rating: 1 / 5

door: Cathleen Barnish

Cathleen Barnish — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:44:00 +0000

Ik hou echt van deze camera. dusver, the pictures are turning out great. I haven’t had the chance to use it in the water yet, but I’m looking forward to that. The only down side is that I wish it had a little more zoom, I didn’t realize I’d miss it. I was confused by the battery a little at first… I thought it didn’t work. It looked like it was in right, but I had to flip it around to get it to work.
Rating: 4 / 5

door: abcde

abcde — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:06:36 +0000

The camera was defective from the outset: it emitted a clicking noise and the image pulsed. Be warned!
Rating: 1 / 5

door: Brett A. Smith

Brett A. Smith — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:15:26 +0000

This camera is not only adorable but easy to use, takes great photos. The best photos are actually taken in the ocean! A must for any vacation lover!
Rating: 5 / 5

door: Jeff H. Vance

Jeff H. Vance — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:53:56 +0000

(I gave it 2 stars to reflect the low price)
I bought this camera for my 14 year old daughter for her birthday. She liked the looks, small size, and it being waterproof. I liked the price and hoped it would be ok. I read reviews here and dpreview . com, and accepted the fact that image quality would not be great, especially indoor/low light. It seemed like a good compromise camera. I never read about the Z33 being fragile.

[Updated 9-2-09: for some reason over half of my review was truncated]
The short story is the camera fell out of my daughter's pants pocket and broke. From this 2 1/2 foot drop the battery cover had a small crack and there was even a smaller crack in the bolt hole where the 2 halves of the case bolt together. Helaas, no one noticed these cracks until too late. She took the camera underwater and after a few minutes it stopped working.

I called Fujifilm US support and they said it was not warranted against dropping at all, and their site makes no such claim. They told me that for approx $80-$100 plus postage I could mail the one week old camera to them and they would try to repair it, but no guarantee it could be fixed. I declined this offer and now wish that I had purchased the more expensive Pentax W-60, which is on sale these days for a great price. My youngest daughter has that model and it has survived almost a year now!

Photo images: with strong contrast post adjustments you can get decent underwater photos. Rating: 2 / 5