Yea I totally wish that more of the cameras on the market had the rubber gasket seals in the joints. Some of the higher end DSLR's that I looked at had them but they were too big and too expensive.

I haven't had problems with shaking at night, that is a new one to me. Not sure how to resolve... As far as checking the images for focus, some of the mid-range stuff now had really good preview options, like you can zoom way in on the image to see if it's in focus right on the LCD. This one I just bought has 10x magnification on the LCD and the Pro1 had something similar but slightly less magnified.

I can't remember exactly what the deal was, but some of the cameras I looked at in the past had features where the lcd viewfinder was illuminated in such a way that you could see the subject at night, similar to the way the Sony camcorders have a night mode that shoots in green and black. That would be a cool feature to have... One thing I learned about digital SLR's is that the viewfinder screens don't show you the subject when you are aiming to take the picture, you have to look through the small viewfinder. This was a bit of a surprise to say the least. It has something to do with the aperature not being open until the instant the picture is taken. Clearly I've been reading too many digital camera review sites :) ...