I remember seeing recommendations for digital cameras. Since I laid mine my
Casio point & shoot down somewhere, I'm in the market for a new one. Thus,
is there an archive of the old posts? I purchased and tried the Panasonic
Lunex DMC-FZ18, but returned it because I don't like the flash results.
They were washed out. The Fugifilm Finepix F50fd looks like it might be
better alternative.

I guess the main questions is: Is the image stabilization at long zooms
sufficient to allow handheld use? My extremely limited experience with my
4x Casio 8 mega pixel camera was that a long stabile zoom would really make
a vast difference when shooting plane to plane.

So rather than ask people to go through it all again, is there an archive,
or does anyone have a copy of the thread?

Getting ready to solo this coming Spring (I hope)

Have a wonderful and safe holiday ...john in Burke, VA