Why wouldn't you use your camera whilst flying? How is this type of distraction any different to checking your map, or talking to a passenger, or changing frequency, or changing transponder settings, or altering your GPS waypoints? Especially if the kind of plane you're flying has autopilot, the few seconds it takes to get the camera out and take a few snaps surely is no more time consuming than checking your map in flight!
( I am attributing a relatively high "common sense" value to the pilot - not the kind that is too busy taking selfies in bad weather at very low level before stalling the plane and not being able to recover... )
Everyone here likes the super-thin cameras, I never liked them because back in the day - i couldn't find something with an acceptable quality of zoom and image with these tiny cameras. This may well have changed over the years! But I still love my little D5300!
ps: I've got my own official photographer on board normally which is better still!
Last edited by alex90; 12th Oct 2016 at 18:47.
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