Is that a Canon A70 being used to take photos in Iraq for their new ID cards?  You bet!

Photos like this help confirm my suggestion to use cameras like these simple, rugged Canons when going off to faraway foreign lands.  HP, Fuji and Olympus also have reliable, simple digital camera models that use good ol' standard AA batteries. (Note: You should still have and use rechargables, but it's nice to have something to fall back on when recharging isn't an easily accomplished task.)

As long as we're talking cameras here, you might as well read the full review on the new Canon S2 IS digital camera at DPReview.com. A very nice, but not small camera.

Drooling yet?  Remember... it's friends and family week at Staples starting TODAY - 7/31 - and that means 12% off the Canon S2 IS if you promise to let me play with it when you get one!  (J/K!)