OK, time to close the thread. Still hearing quite a bit of chatter about new lenses, so an announcement will probably be fairly soon. Also, just to add in another bit of speculation - what if the next generation camera is not a D3H/D3X, but just a D3 ? ie. large MP 35FF with high speed 1.5x crop mode ? Hmmm... Nikon should really make a modular sensor camera - the functions/features of the camera are approaching a limit - a modular sensor design will allow a longer cycle time between camera bodies and just upgrade the sensor.