Thanks everyone.

Kathy: I have a Canon S2 IS which can best be characterized as a "prosumer" camera and a little Canon Digita Elph (PowerShot SD100). The S2 IS has been replaced by the S3 IS recently. I haven't been able to justify moving to a digital SLR because I just don't take that many photos. The S2 IS is a sweet camera: 12X optical zoom, telephoto and wide angle conversion lenses are available, and you can manually set exposure, focus, shutter speed, etc. I play around with exposure a lot to get the light quality I like. The manual focus override came in very handy in the bush and also at Victoria Falls because the autofocus was having trouble due to the moving grass and the water mist in the air respectively. The animals were so close in Singita it was easy to get good photos - I had to remove the telephoto lens at times because the critters were only a few feet away. I also had the benefit of having Ron Litteken in our RangeRover - he was providing personal, real time photo coaching during the Singita experience.

Masaki: those are impala. They are everywhere in Singita. Our first game drive we were so excited to see them we kept making the ranger stop so we could take pictures. By the third game drive we were driving right past them because they are ubiquitous. Everyone will have lots of shots of them - they are beautiful, graceful animals.

I should be able to upload more pics late today - first off to Pilates for morning torture. Then we're taking Mom to lunch.

Mary Ellen