Thank you for the link, and it was interesting reading. The D200 even made me a little excited when I first heard about it, even though I know I clearly have no more money to spend on it.
The one sentence in the review that really struck me what this:
"The D200 trumps the Canon 20D in spades, and every time Nikon announces something Canon one-ups them the next week."
How true. All camera manufacturers...Nikon and Canon in particular, have tricks up their sleeves that will be revealed in due time. They're just playing a waiting game, waiting for the competitor to respond so that they themselves can strike back even harder.
As far as I'm concerned, I am already stuck into a Canon system. It will be a relatively costly exercise for me to decide to change systems and have to sell and buy new lenses.
Again, as I always say, everything has its strengths and flaws. It's ultimately up to you to decide if you can tolerate the flaws or now, or if the strengths completely outweigh the flaws.
Even a full-frame sensor in itself is a disadvantage, in my opinion. And so is size and weight. Therefore, I feel that even the biggest and best cameras on the market these days have a flaw. Who'd bring a 1DsMKII with them everywhere in preparation for a possible candid shot? I find it difficult to do that even with a 350D and it's quite annoying to have to remove everything from a dry box and hook the lens up before leaving the house for a trip.
With a compact digicam, I'll just slip it in my pocket and I'm ready to go. BUT, a compact digicam also has flaws...the shutter lag, poorer image quality...etc We could go on for months.