AFTER taking the fountain turned pond pictures. I decided to study the subject more then saw what would be a real good picture. BUT at that moiment I also discovered that I was out of battery power. - FUNNY - I had plenty that morning!!! Anyway I would have to take a rain check and try again the next day I thought. i did have my 240 x 160 but thought I would simply wait. I arived today to get what I missed and ... You guessed it. This is what I saw. Man what a bummer. I tried to make up for it with photographing a bumble bee. But the pictures were blurry. Sigh. Can't win them all. Bsteph

Lol - know JUST what you mean! My Fuji takes 4 x AA (penlight) size batteries, and at an air show recently I burned through 2 sets of Nimh recharchables and a set of ordinary recharchables - and out of it got about 7 or 8 reasonable pictures. This camera is NO good for shots of planes.....lol

Really. I thought the fuji's were pretty good. Is there a sports setting? Bsteph

It wasn't so much the setting, just the angle of the lens on mine is a bit wide - takes in far too much and the 'plane ends up as a little dot in the middle. Big shame, too, coz the Stealth did a great flyover - only consolation is I took my SLR too (unusual for me!) and should have some cool pics on that - especially the motorbike display team and paratroopers - but the planes should be better presented there.

like they say murphy has taken care of you lately Bsteph lol It is not often that they empty those fountain...But that whas this day...hohohohoho.

I called them up and told 'em you were coming back :)