Welcome FJJP to this civilised Forum; I take it that you're on Respite Leave from the Mil Forum that's going through another one of its cathartic slanging matches! <img src="redface.gif" border="0">
Good Question on a subject that comes up periodically but is long overdue a refresh.
Make a start with this thread that I found at the bottom of Page 8:
<a href="http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=35&t=001324" target="_blank">http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=35&t=001324</a>
Some general principles are discussed there but also try looking further back in time.
I too am intrested to hear the latest recommendations. My old Olympus with only 1.4 MPixels is still great for everyday and I use it a lot for temporary records of such things as which wire went where before I dismantle some piece of electrical kit.
But my biggest regret is the 3-4 second delay between shots and not being able to take a rapid sequence. Especially with kids where the first shot is always wasted and the best shot is ½ second later. These days you can even do a short mpeg video at low resolution and you can certainly take high res still pictures in quick succession. Disregard Digital Zoom; take pictures with the highest resolution you can consistent with other constraints such as memory and time taken to write to the media. If you want digital zoom, you can always do it later on the PC using software.
Olympus, Canon... c'mon guys, lets hear it for this visitor from the World's Best.
[ 20 January 2002: Message edited by: fobotcso ]</p>