Looks like a sound plan.

Nice pics.

I have found nothing yet. Only photos 🙁

Apart from that DVD:

http://movies.channel.aol.com/movie/main.adp?mid=1026646&ovchn=INK&ovcpn=SiteMatch&ovcrn=SMX&ovtac=PI

The idea of the Japanese going for a japanese version of the F-23 however is nice.

Apart from that those are just dream designs and not even good. I doubt that the creator knows the basics of stealth design.

No Hassleblads with digital backs then? :confused:

Moggy

It is medium format solution and hardly handy to carry around. You will meet them, but mostly in studios.

Apart from that Nermal is right. Most professionals will use a Canon (or not so often) a Nikon. It is because you get the best system and world wide support from both companies.

The first question to ask is if you have a film SLR, if you do and have some decent (and not too old) lenses that would go with a DSLR from that system, then the answer is obvious.

If you have no SLR system and want to start with the hobby, then you are well served by a decent compact SLR. 12xzoom is not that important, shutter speed is.

If the compact has no anti-shake technics, then everything over an 8x zoom is pretty risky anyway.

We do have a Coolpix 5700 as a back-up and for my girlfirend and she has no problems to catch landing airliners. For airshows, everything apart from high-speed jets are also no problem. Quality wise it is not that far from my D100. If you can get one for cheap, you won´t regret it.

Another option is the Coolpix 8800, which is good, but for that price I rather go for a DSLR.

Can´t comment on the Minoltas, but I heard many people are using them and many like them.