What kind of airline photography equipment do I need to start out with?

[Fernando Nigrete]

I would like to start a small photography business...nothing major as I am an amateur photographer and am not sure of myself/skills yet. I do think that I take pretty decent photos and have a great passion for photography but don't really know how to begin. What kind of fairly inexpensive camera is a good start? I do have a Sony Digital Camera and a Canon SLR 35mm. Also, what other kind of equipment is imperative when beginning-just to look like you know what your doing?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Henry Tenby]

I suggest the Panasonic Lumox DMC-FZ7 or DMC-FZ50 cameras. Both are point and shoot but they have excellent telephoto lens features, and the quality of the images is superb.

All of the photos I have uploaded on this website were taken with the older Lunix FZ7 and I swear by that camera.

Have a look at my photos:
http://www.airlinefan.com/airline-ph...1/Henry-Tenby/

You can get these cameras for about $300 and they are superb value, and the results are top notch.

[King F. Hui]

Since you have Canon lens already, I highly recommend a low end Canon DSLR body that you can use existing Canon lens.

Any DSLR is better than point-and-shoot. DSLR also gives you a lot faster (near instantaneous) "response time" to catch those fast moving planes.