Nikon or Canon? Camera quality?

I'm going on a trip in the summer with my family to a beautiful pace and I really want a great quality camera to use so the photos will show how truly beautiful the place is.

I'm not sure which camera to get though. People say canon is best for filming, but Nikon is best for photos. I want the best for both because i'm going to be taking lots of photos along with videos of my family!

Which one is best and which type is great for quality?

What about the quality of these brands. They're well known world wide by professionals and amateurs alike for the best quality there's in cameras. And, by he way, digital cameras can "film", they shoot or record video - no film in them.

Either brand will work just wonderfully except for some things that come to mind. If you already owned a dslr you wouldn't be asking this so… Do you have experience with a dslr? Do you have skill to operate both camera and lens? Do you understand the best way to take pictures with a dslr? If you answered no there isn't much time for you to learn these skills - skills that most of us pros and former pros have been using for many, many years.

So let me suggest a point and shoot - a bridge camera. Most will give you excellent results and you don't have to learn anything - just point and shoot.

Trust me, just because you have an expensive camera doesn't mean you'll get excellent results.
The results depend on you and your skill.

Sony's SLTs do better video than either Canon or Nikon's DSLRs, and Pentax have been making SLRs longer than either.

In bridge cameras, Fujifilm do better than either a lot cheaper.

For compacts, your only guarantee is that you'll pay more money for less camera - as long as you avoid Kodak, Benq, GE and Vivitar, you can't go far wrong.

Work out a budget and discuss your needs with a dealer, but only an idiot limits himself to two manufacturers and thinks there's a real difference between them.

Just buy something like the canon powershot A4000 (it's just fine for most situations) or if you want something more fancy, get the canon G15.

Neither is a pro camera, but they are very good cameras. The camera doesn't make the picture, it's the photographer, so I suggest reading one or two tutorials on digital photography school, they are short, simple and effective!

BTW, it's very hard to choose canon vs nikon, they are both excellent. But most pros use canon, most pros on nat geo use canon, so why think? Just go with the pro flow: P