I am just going through this process. A good place to start is
http://www.dpreview.com/. Go to Buying Guide - Features Search on the
left menu and select the criteria that are important to you. E.g. I
used:

Format - Ultra Compact (to keep it small)
Zoom wide (W) - 28mm (to get a wide angle lens for those nice
panorama shots out of the cockpit)

You can also add a "Sensor photo detectors" criterion but any cameras
that come up with above criteria will be 5 Mega pixels or more. I am
looking closely at the Canon PowerShot SD800 IS and the Panasonic
Lumix versions, I might go with the Canon but have not decided yet, a
friend of mine who is a professional aerial photographer has it for
daily use and seems to be pretty happy with it.

Hope this helps,

Markus

On Jun 13, 10:48 am, Bullwinkle wrote:
Anybody have any suggestions for digital cameras to take in the cockpit?

Looking for:
Small, so easy storage in the cockpit. Shirt pocket compatible. I've also
got a Powershot S50, which is too thick for my purposes, although length and
width is fine
Decent resolution (5 MP or above?)
Large storage card capacity (1 GB?)

Don't need:
Professional quality (this will primarily be for snapshots)
Interchangeable lenses
Bulk

Anybody already been through the process of evaluating and selecting who
would like to share their experiences?

Thanks,
Bullwinkle