Compact but not shirt-pocket-size, the FinePix A345 weighs just 6.3 ounces with two AA batteries and an xD-Picture Card installed. It ships with a 16MB xD-Picture Card, which can hold seven best-quality 4-megapixel photos–you can’t expect to have everything in an inexpensive camera. The most obvious design compromise the A345 makes concerns the back-mounted zoom lever. In addition to being small and fragile-feeling, it doesn’t stick out enough to allow a proper grip. More of a knob than a button, it frequently caused our fingers to slide right over it. The zoom lever is operated with an up-and-down motion, rather than the more common sideways motion, which may also take some getting used to.