Cockpit digital cameras?

Anyone tried a Panasonic TZ3 in the cockpit (or out)
Downside is it hasnt got a viewfinder BUT It does have:-

28-280mm lens ie both a wide angle and 10x Zoom or 8x if you count
from 35mm
A 3" LCD screen which can made extra bright
Image stabalisation
uses SD cards (Like my logger and Ipaq)

Downside a
It doesnt have a raw mode
No manual controls but then again who has got time to fly and fiddle
with manual controls it can however be set to take 3 shots each time
with a range of exposures.
Special Battery not AA with lower no of shots than many competitors
(270) and consequential higher cost.

Reveiws all say the same thing great as a point and shoot which is
probably what most pilots want and the extra bright option on the LCD
is supposed to make it usable in bright sunlight.

http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Pa...Z3/page6.shtml
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonictz3/
http://www.photographyblog.com/revie..._dmc_tz3_6.php

would love to hear from someone who has used this in the cockpit
before I splash out..

rgds
Stephen