On Dec 27, 7:02 am, "John in Burke, VA" wrote:
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.
John,

If you're getting to rec.aviation.soaring via google, there's a
"search this group" button at the upper right. Type something like
"digital camera" in the box and it will give you links to articles
going back to the late '90's.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...g/topics?hl=en

Larry



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