Its probably not so much about the camera as it is the lens. Your camera
really can only take as good a shot as your lens so think about splitting
the purchase price 50/50 on the camera and lens.

Whats your budget? Obviously the more money you have the better lens you can
get. You want a lens that lets lots and lots of light in (ie Low F-stop
number) so that it becomes a fast lens.

In the Canon range I would suggest something like a
http://www.d-d-photographics.com/canoneos20dacc.htm#50 if money was no
issue. This has a low f-stop so it will be fast. 50mm is enough zoom if your
camera has big enough Megapixels.

Sean.

"Indrek Aavisto" wrote in message
...
I am contemplating replacing my Konica Minolta Z3 with something better. In
the past this camera has taken reasonable shots of static displays, but the
shots of flying aircraft have generally been mediocre, to say the least.

If anyone has any advice it would be much appreciated. A Nikon D80 with
the kit 18-55 and a 70-300 zoom lens would just about fit in my budget.
Any comments about what sort of results I might expect with that set up?

Thanks in advance

Cheers,

Indrek Aavisto


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