Image stabilisation is of dubious value and often loses definition.
I am not familiar with the units you refer to, but support the reference to dpreview.
First thing is to define what sort of photography you want to do and suit a camera to that.
Coolpix 8700 is good.
EOS 300D, D/R etc. Forget it the D70 is far superior.
I use Canon 10D and Nikon D70, oh and a Mamiya 645 with Lightphase back.