Eric Greenwell wrote:
I'd like to replace my current digital camera with one better suited to
pictures from my glider, but I'm having difficulty finding one with the
features I want.

snip Eric's fantasy :-)

Make sure what ever you get can accept a polarizing filter to get rid of
canopy reflections.

I've had a Canon Rebel XT for a few months now. It comes no where near
your size requirements but it's easy to use and takes fantastic
pictures. BTW, Canon makes an IS lens that fits it. If the technology
in the lenses is the same as Canon's IS binocs, it would be worth the
bucks IMO.
I've used these for hand-held star gazing. Amazing
http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/con...mode lid=8168

Shawn