Hmm somehow the Star Alliance livery does not look good on the 777, it looks better on the A346 however

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=464564

Well options for the MiG-25 pilot.

Hope that your radar picks up the targets in teh ground clutter. Hope you can get a lock-on, hope the R-40 will launch, hope the radar will keep track, hope the missile will function, hope that they do not brake the lock, hope that the fuse works, hope that an F-16 is within the blast radius, return home, have a vodka.

For the F-16 it is :

Look at your RWR, notice the MiG, notice the launch, drop your bombs, get low and change course to 90°c off from the MiG, see the huge missile racing towards you, drop chaff, hope that the missile will miss, see the missile impact in the ground, return home, have a beer.

I agree with T5 and BHXlocal.

A DSLR with a good lens will, without doubt, offer better quality and more versatility – at a price – but it’s possible to get good results with a high-end “prosumer” camera too.

Think of Wilag’s excellent Manchester shots taken with his Fuji, and remember the excellent pictures that young Dan posted on here before he got his current pride and joy.

I can only partly agree. You surely don´t need a DSLR, but any compact should be one of the decent range. Meaninmg a good zoom lense and a fast autofocus. This is more important then MPs fpr our hobby. A low noise up to ISO 200 would also be not bad.

Imho there a several different cases to look at :

The complete beginner :

One of the cheaper but sufficent compacts out there would be the choice.

The current user of a solid compact camera :

A DSLR should be the next step. Upgrading within the compacts is most likely not worth it. And you should be know if you are so much interested in photography to invest the meoney.

The current owner of a film SLR :

If you are not taking many pictures and have no intentions to upload to A-net, then you are fine.
If you want to upload to A-net, then you can chose between a good film scanner or a DSLR body.
If you take lots of pictures and want to upload to A-net, then a DSLR is a must.
I took 5000+ pics last year. Just counting the costs for film and the deveopment costs paid a large part of the price of my D100.

Well essential imho is a DSLR nowadays. Or at least a really good and fast compact digital camera.

If you use a DSLR good lenses.

There are only 2 things I would love to add to my current equipment.

– Nikon D2X
– Nikon AF-S 200-400 VR Zoom

unfortunately I can´t justify spending the money on this equipment, so I will have to wait for the D100 repalcement as my next upgrade.

Good idea

great pics

Happy Birthday

Is that not unavoidable ? I mean there are only A and B. left as commercial airplane manufactures in the western world. And nearly everything boils down to it.