On Feb 5, 5:40*pm, tienshanman tienshanman.
wrote:
Dave Nadler;719706 Wrote:





Hi All - I'm looking for recommendations for a
snapshot camera to carry while gliding. Last
season I used my iPhone - its a pain to use
in the cockpit.

Ideal camera:
- very thin (fits easily in side pocket)
- instant on
- no settings to fiddle after turning it on
- doesn't autofocus on canopy
- super-fast focus and shoot
- fast repeat shooting
- easy operation with one hand

Needs to be grab-and-shoot with no fuss and no wait.

Recommendations ?
Thanks in advance,
Best Regards, Dave "YO electric"

Get something with a wide angle lens. Most small cameras max out at
35mm equiv. These are useless in the cockpit. The Panasonic LX3 is an
excellent choice - 24mm equiv; has HD movie mode too.

Fuji is one of very few companies that have cared about wide angle
lenses on compact cameras, right from film days. In 1999 I bought a
very nice little Fuji Mini Super 35mm camera, and in 2005 I got a Fuji
e500 5 megapixel digital camera (XD card). Both have 28mm equivalent
lenses at wide angle and modest zooms of 2:1 on the MIni Super and I
think maybe 3:1 on the e500.

I don't know about more current cameras.