...while the D90 is an expected and competent announcement, the problem is that everyone is now wondering where the high resolution FX body went. Canon has had a high resolution FX body since early 2005 (even earlier if you count the 1Ds). Sony is about to announce one at Photokina. Prototypes of a Nikon one have been around for a long, long time. So where is it?
As I wrote earlier this month, Nikon seems to have pushed back plans. The rumbling out of Japan late last year seemed to point to late 2008 intro of something "beyond the D3." This spring those rumblings stopped completely and we eventually got the surprise D700, which I didn't expect until PMA in 2009.
Right now Nikon is in a very curious position. They've got four 12mp cameras on the market (D90, D300, D700, D3). Since the D60 looks a little non-competitive now, one can envision a 12mp D60x with Live View added as well as the 12mp sensor. Twelve is the magic number, I guess.
I wish I could say more, but I have little to add to the speculation already rampant (see next article). We all know that Nikon will do something, but it seems it won't be quite what we expect (D3x) or when we expected it (now-ish). Pity. I have so many trips coming up in the next six months where I could have used a higher resolution camera. Let's hope that by the time I get to my African trips next summer things will have changed.