Eric Greenwell wrote:

There are plenty of cameras that take great pictures, and I have used a
large, heavy camera in the glider, but I'm not willing to do it anymore.
Camera technology has improved so much, and some of the cameras I've
looked at are so close to being acceptable, I remain optimistic. The
difficult feature for the smaller cameras seems to be the minimum focal
length (wide angle). Big zooms must be easier to achieve.

Forgot to mention this site:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs.asp

It has tons of info about many new digital cameras.

Shawn