Another thing I noticed just now, however, is that the Canon is capable of producing 18 megapixel (or million pixel) images, whereas the Nikon does 24 megapixels. I also understand that the Nikon cameras these days produce images that aren't nearly as grainy (read: "noisy") as the Canon, so that means the Nikon might be able to produce images that are a bit cleaner, especially in darker scenes.