DigitalCameraReview has published their review of the Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP [Specs], “a fun camera to use [with] nice overall image quality” which is waterproof down to 3m, and featuring 10MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CCD), 3x optical zoom (35-105mm equiv.), 2.7-in. LCD (230K dots), Face Detection with automatic Red-Eye removal, Face Detection Group Timer, Blog mode, Scene Recognition Auto, and Movie 640×480 @ 30fps.

The Wall Street Journal publishes a daily Photo Journal that features some of the current news events. The pictures are great and it’s a great place to glean ideas for contest subjects and composition.

In today’s Photo Journal, an Afghan man votes for president, Miss Universe contestants parade, storms strike world-wide and more.

Kodak US is running a contest to name its new pocket video camera but the deadline is Monday, August 24, 2009 at 6:00am EDT. That gives you less than a week to come up with the winning entry!

100 people (contest entries are accepted from US only) drawn at random will receive a Kodak Zi8. If you are the Winner, you get to attend the 2010 CES show in Las Vegas for the unveiling of the new pocket video camera named by you!

Related Links:
- Kodak Blog
- Official Rules

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