Indeed. After all the wailing and gnashing of teeth here on FM, I was pretty shocked to get my two D300's about a week after the official release date. And, I was pretty far down the waiting list.
Just hold off for a day or two (or at worst, a week or two), and you'll probably have a good base on which to form your answer.
Nikon's track record on body releases isn't that bad. It's much worse for lenses.
D200: announced 11/1/05, available 12/16/05
D2Xs: announced 6/1/06, available 7/06
D80: announced 8/10/06, available 9/06
D40: announced 11/16/06, available 12/06
D40x: announced 3/6/07, available 4/07
D300: announced 8/23/07, available 11/07
D3: announced 8/23/07, available 11/07
D60: announced 1/29/08, available 3/08
Of course these dates don't mean that there weren't shortages or that they were available everywhere.
runamuck wrote:
If it gets announced, it should be available for the Summer Olympics.
How relevant is that? I expect that the sports shooters will be using D3 or 1D MK III bodies rather than a lower level body that is so new to the market. Put another way, how will the D700 better capture Olympic images than a D3?
EB-1 wrote:
How relevant is that? I expect that the sports shooters will be using D3 or 1D MK III bodies rather than a lower level body that is so new to the market. Put another way, how will the D700 better capture Olympic images than a D3?
EB
I gotta say, I'm with EB on this. Why would any Nikon shooter fly out to the Olympics with anything less than the D3?
I hav ea feeling many more amateur photographers will be at the Olympics that professionals. So the odds are that the D700 will be a better marketing strategy.
Of course, that is supposing a lot of people will go to the Olympics this year. I have a feeling that the protests will keep the population down compared to other locations...
Tuesday announcement confirmed today by...industry insider
Delivering bodies at/near date promised at announcement no longer seems to be a Nikon problem. We'll know Tuesday when to expect this camera.
I agree that the protests might keep the audience down but amateur guys without credentials don't get track side access or any sort of access for that matter - not at the Olympics. The agency shooters will still be armed to the teeth and that means D3's, 1DMkIII's (or MkII's as you can trust the focus ) and all the fast glass.
Before black friday sometime is my guess 
