Shawn wrote:

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 :-)

I believe a camera with a modest wide angle and daylight visible LCD
monitor is out there, but with hundreds of models available and ads that
don't mention these features, it's time consuming to find it

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

I like this idea. I'll try a filter on my present camera next flight,
even though I'll have to tape it on.


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.

There are plenty of cameras that take great pictures, and I have used a
large, heavy camera in the glider, but I'm not willing to do it anymore.
Camera technology has improved so much, and some of the cameras I've
looked at are so close to being acceptable, I remain optimistic. The
difficult feature for the smaller cameras seems to be the minimum focal
length (wide angle). Big zooms must be easier to achieve.

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