Fuji S5000 or 7000 have excellent reputations as superb cameras and are quite economical. There are some good pictures taken with S5000 at airshows- they are as good as you can get. As for 'immediate' shots- not really very possible with current technology at the price you want to pay- you have to accept the lag.
Last edited by Notso Fantastic; 23rd December 2004 at 12:49.