It doesn't have a viewfinder but the screen is bright enough to compose photos. It's done a TrransPac, snorkeling in Fiji and Hawaii, and been dropped and kicked around more than I should admit, still going strong. The anti vibration feature keeps the pictures from being fuzzy. Had another camera in the Olympus tough line but it 'disappeared'. Really like the water proof feature, not so much for diving but seems the spray is usually flying when I want to take a picture out sailing. No worries about ruining the camera. http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=OMSTT8010BE