On a beautiful Sunday morning, I finally got the chance to really put our my Olympus C2100UZ camera to the test... to see what this bad boy will do, and how well the 10X optical image-stabilized zoom really works.  I spent somewhere around 5 hours wandering around the zoo... it's such a beautiful zoo with lots to see.

So, how did the camera do?  Well, why don't ya just check out the pictures and see for yourself (it was incredible! :).  These pictures have all be scaled down to make them more "web friendly" - the original sizes of these images, as they came off the camera, were large enough and clear enough that we could make poster sized prints out of any of them.

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"uuuugh... why did I party so hard last night..."

Is it my imagination, or is he rehearsing for a play?

This mandrill was quite a distance away, and we still got a great picture.

A rhino makes his rounds.

What a hard life they have! :)

I think this picture speaks for itself :)

We couldn't pass up the traditional zebra picture.

Ummm... uhhhh... well... :)

This is a fascinating picture if you notice what he's doing - he's washing his food in the stream before he eats it.

Some relaxing hippos.

Awwwww :)

A good image showing off the beautiful pictures our camera is capable of.

A sleepy white tiger.

This playful tiger was tossing around that big log like it was a little chew toy :)

Couldn't get the one tiger to stop chewing on the log, but they both had their eyes on me in this photo.

Pretty bear pic.

"...no pictures, please..."

I think someone is sticking their tongue out at me.

Just hangin out.

This Barbary Sheep was waaay up on the side of the hill, but a little extra zooming brought him into perfect focus.

The big tortoise gets a shower from a zoo keeper... and happily lifts his leg so she can spray underneath :)

We were able to get some great close-ups with this camera - here the tortoise chomps a mouthful of grass.

Put a TV and beer in front of him and he looks like he'd be right at home :)

"...Ahhhh...."

This Komodo dragon couldn't have given us a better pose.

An interesting gator.

Another really nice close-up shot... this time of a skink.

Looks like he's stalking his next meal... us?? :)

An extreme close-up of a cute little turtle :)

Even through the thick glass and water, we were still able to get a good picture of this Red-Tailed Catfish.

Another turtle strikes a pose for us... well, actually, he struck that pose for several hours... doubtful it was just for us :)

This penguin just couldn't seem to get enough of the people checking him out... he kept diving over and over to get a closer look.

Here's another penguin coming up to the glass for a close-up.

The playful baby "Bluebonnet" and her friend.

This tiger was probably 50 yards away... man I love this camera :)

These alligators have had a rough day :)

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