I have researched as much as I'm willing to research now..... both of these cameras come highly recommended by dpreview.com (thanks to those of you who recommended this very thorough site!). I want the best pictures I can get. I don't really care about the movie mode. I want quick. I did check on the Nikon D50 (thanks Bill :)) but this is to be a "household" camera and my husband won't learn anything other than which button to push to take the picture so that's out for us. Does anyone have any experience with either of these cameras? I need the image stabilization to work well as my hands tend to shake. I don't really know which battery system I'd like. Right now I do use a Canon with AA's so I am used to that but I'm not totally committed to it.

Thanks to anyone who can and is willing to offer some feedback.