One more week of frenzied buying. Followed by another week of frenzied buying what wasn't bought for us. Followed by another week looking for something to explain in plain English what it was that we were so excited about until we actually tried to use it. Ah, isn't this time of year wonderful?
Nikon seems to enjoy causing all of us DSLR users holiday grief. The D2h didn't arrive until around Thanksgiving, the D70 was pre-announced just before Christmas but unavailable for months after, the D2x was promised for but missed Christmas, the D200 was squeezed into the holidays (barely) with much merry banding, and now we have D3 and D300 search-and-lust-upon in full force this holiday season. Meanwhile, my local Big Box stores had no P series Coolpix models (on display or in stock), the 14-24mm and 24-70mm seem in short supply, and has anyone actually gotten their 400mm VR yet?
On the twelfth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me
Twelve fps humming
Eleven fanboys hyping
Ten pixels peeping
Nine years D3 financing
Eight layers masking
Seven highlights brimming
Six i-TTL obeying
Five golden rings*
Four IPTC keywords
Three LensPens
Two cards I love
And a cartridge for my HP.
* For the non-NAS amongst you, that would be Nikkor ED lenses, which have a gold identification ring