As expected, Nikon announced the D200. This new DSLR has a 10.2mp CCD (3872x2592 pixels) and bridges the gap between the D70s and the D2 series. Relevant specs include 5 fps, ISO 100 to 1600 plus HI-1, new CAM1000 eleven-sensor AF (one cross, 10 lines, new orientation), built-in flash with Commander mode capability, USB 2.0 (high speed), 2.5" LCD with 230k pixels and up to 400% zoom, 10-pin connector, and PC Sync connector, all wrapped in a new magnesium body. GPS support is built-in (requires optional cable). The optional MB-D200 provides multiple battery support, vertical grip, and a full set of controls. The optional WT-3 provides WiFi capabilities.
Things that pop out at me on first impression: the AF system is completely redone and reoriented (yuck, another AF system to learn and document!)--the interesting thing to me was the wide area 7-group mode, which seems like it might be useful; color histograms (yes!); mirror lockup (yes!); black and white support (yes!); multiple exposure (yuck!), supports metering with AI lenses (yes!); 95% viewfinder (yuck!) with .94x magnification (yes!); 22 frame NEF and 37 frame JPEG maximum buffer size (yes!); flash sync is at 1/250 (yuck!) but supports TTL FP (yes!); the FUNC button is back (yes!); EN-EL3e battery (sorry, old EN-EL3's won't work, yuck!); not as much lighter than the D2x as you'd expect (<half pound) but about the same size as the D100; Capture 4.4 optional (yuck!). (Note: this is likely to be the last version of Capture on the current software base; Nikon is working a new version that was originally scheduled for release at the end of the year, but has been delayed.)
Overall, the D200 seems to have the menu guts of the D2 series (intervalometer, multiple exposure, shooting and custom banks, etc.), but with some curious consumer body throwbacks (Optimize Image settings like Vivid, plus truly consumer things like Beep, for example).
The goodies are a new 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX lens (that's equivalent to a 28-300mm on film cameras). Assuming it's sharp, that's a one-size-fits-all lens that'll be pretty hard to pry off most amateurs' DSLRs. Also announced are a nifty and versatile macro flash setup, the SB-R1C1 kit, which includes an SU-800 controller and two SB-R200 slaves that mount on a lens ring (more SB-R200 slaves can be used, and the SU-800 can be used as a Commander-only option on the camera for the i-TTL flash system).