After I did a lot of research I ended up with the Canon PowerShot SX20 IS. We also have a Canon Rebel. The Rebel is better for close up shots - say wildflowers (my fav. thing to take pictures of), far away things (we have a mid-range zoom lens for it) and for anything we want a filter for. The PowerShot is better for carrying - as they say, the best camera is the camera you have with you! Seriously the only unhappyness I have is the fact it won't take a UV lens on it. It has decent zoom and image stablilizer. I thought I would never use the lcd - but I don't use the view finder at all and rely totally on the lcd instead. I take it hiking and snowmachining.

This shot was taken with my PowerShot: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31506646&l=381a8135bb&id=1301683544

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