Also, as unoriginal it may be, I never get tired of Alitalia’s livery, even more so after flyig with them. Saudia’s old livery also used to be very old school. Looked great on the 742’s and Tristars.

Your camera is probably a Nikon Coolpix 2000, which is a 2MP camera with very limited choices of operation. The zoom range is equivalent to 38-114mm on a 35mm camera, which is very limiting to photography of aircraft in flight. Other limiting factors are that you can’t preselect a shutterspeed, ISO values and/or exposure correction factors. Best results will probably be obtained at the AUTO setting or at the BEACH/SNOW scene mode. I’m afraid that for acceptable results you’ll have to look for a camera with longer tele-reach (at least 135-200mm equivalent on a 35mm camera) and a wider choice of operation modes (shutterspeed pre-select, ISO choices, exposure correction, etc.).

My camera is actually a Nikon Coolpix S1, and is a SMP camera.

Anyway, I found the ISO thing and had various options, from 100 to 800 or something. Its currently on Auto.