Adolescent, male elephant=potential trouble. Lucky Walter...

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We had two D-SLR cameras, a Nikon D1x and a Nikon D70. Both performed great, as one would have expected.

The D1x is the better camera, quality wise, no question about it.

Of the rest, which included the following:

Nikon CoolPix 8700
Canon Pro 1
Sony P100
Canon Ixus500
Canon S1 IS

All worked as expected both during the day and with flash. The exception being the Sony P100. It worked great under good light conditions, but was terrible at night.

The Sony P100 and Canon S1 IS both have great video capability - as good as any Hi8mm camera.

I found myself using the Canon S1 IS more than any of the other cameras. The quality was fantastic for a 3.2 MB camera, and it has a 10X optical zoom, as well as the ability to take full motion video.

I would happily recommend any of the above cameras, taking into consideration what I have said about the Sony at night.

Saeed: Absolutely stunning photographs...that elephant looks like it wanted to fight...tell Walter he is a brave man for taking those photos.

Speaking of pictures, how did that test of the digital cameras come out?