I've been using a Minolta Z1. It is a decent camera,
but not for airwork. It is a tiny bit bulky, it does
have a large zoom factor, and it does have a view finder.
I've yet to see an LCD screen that I can see in bright
sunlight; this is where I require a viewfinder. I
have the digital zoom turned off, but the view through
the viewfinder is terribly grainy. I didn't discover
this until I flew with it long after I bought it.
Be sure you have a good optical viewfinder for airwork.


At 19:36 07 December 2005, Shawn wrote:
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