Man, I am well out of the loop here. It would seem that I am the only one who is not digital, unless you count the camera in my cellphone/mobile/handy. Saying that the stuff that I have posted here was taken with my phone.

I use a Nkon F2 with motor drive and a range of lenses from 25 mm to 600mm. I also have a Minolta 400si with a couple of extra lenses.
My wife has a point and shoot digital camera at 2.1MP (my phone is 3.1MP ) So it is not used so often. I would like to go Digital and sell everything, but I am rather attached to the Nikon, my dad bought it in the mid 70's and I get on with it rather well. It does have one major drawback, it is very heavy and you need a wife caddy when I take all the lenses out to play.



Matt

Mictheslik wrote on Sep 7^th, 2007 at 2:53pm:


Mic, i'm very persuaded to get that camera, soundsa a dream and, just seen an ad in the motoring and lesuire that my parents got, a competition to win one. Gonna enter and see what happens.

A Fujifilm Finepix 2800Zoom. Old one but still working very well and the pictures are good enough for me.

Crash

Sony Cybershot DSC-N2...

I use a Kodak EasyShare Z740.  I would consider it a good mid-range point and shoot camera.  Better cameras have come out since for about the same price I paid for this one.  You can find more specs here...

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-locale=en_US&pq-path=6547.

Pros:
Max 10X optical zoom (38 - 380mm equivalent)
Manual settings.
Many preset features, i.e. beach, party, night, museum, etc.
Takes video.
Timer
Better lens and a higher zoom than most pocket p&s cameras that go for the same price.
There are some attachments you can purchase: a 1.4X optical magnifier, a wide angle lens, and a couple of different filters.
Good battery life using the CR-V3 battery.
Good for spotting aircraft at a close distance. So you're pretty much limited to aircraft on the ground unless you can get right next to the approach or departure end of the runway.  I have yet to see how this camera does at an airshow.

Cons:
It's not an SLR.
Only 5MP.  Not very many compared to the cameras out there now.
Difficult to fit into your pocket.  I had to go get a bulky case to carry it around in.
The lens cap is poor quality. I've already broken two of them and really don't feel like spending the 15 bucks to have another one sent to me.
CR-V3 rechargeable batteries are hard to find in retail stores.
Not very good for spotting aircraft at a far distance.

I'd give it 3 1/2 on a scale of 1 to 5.

I got a panasonic Lumix DMC FZ-8, if i would have the chance i would carry it with me everywhere i go, it has a 12x optical zoom, image stabilizer, manual focus, and a whole lot more.

I had the Z740 (just sold it) and would agree with the above comments on it but the spotting is better then what he says. 

Of course its ideal to get as close as you can but It does well at a distance. Mic said he had a 300mm lens, while the 740 has a 380mm Equiv. and look at the shots he gets. Of course its the quality that bites you in the butt at the end, but for its price its great. Has all the professional features, can work in manual, shutter priority, aperture priority, and automatic with program shift. (allows you to have the camera set the best settings but you get some input on brightness.) Also works on SD cards, which will expand the 32mb internal memory to whatever size SD card you have.  Great little camera with a big boy feel