Don't Worry, Be Happy

Given the above, I thought I should report that I have once again gotten word from a reliable source that there are more Nikkor lenses about to pop. A couple of long-overdue ones, actually. If my source is correct, a couple of things may actually end up getting knocked off my Waiting for Nikon List (see left column). The unofficial word is "this fall." Fall seems to mean anything from September to November in Nikon marketing parlance, but I'm betting early October. Why? Because Nikon always announces things when I'm on a plane. Fortunately, that's not a plane to nowhere this time--just a quick visit to see how mom is doing. Also, it appears the D3 is history as you can't find it anywhere, so we're likely to get the D3s I've been predicting for long while now.

I know you want specifics, but I only have one source for the specifics at the moment. Besides, I don't think we'll be waiting too long now. With Canon making a big announcement later this month, I don't think Nikon wants to hold off much longer with their next announcement set, even if it means that some things won't ship at announce.

However, this brings up a curious bit: why did Nikon think they had to pre-announce the 70-200mm replacement (due in November) if they had another lens announcement set coming before then? That doesn't make any rational sense to me. It's not as if the 70-200mm replacement was something that DX users were coveting (the July announcement was with the D300s, D3000, and 18-200mm version II). It's as if Nikon thought they had to drop an FX bone to placate the user base. A simple "we'll have things of interest to FX users in a future announcement, today we're talking DX" would have sufficed. Of course, Nikon users can't sit still (see above), so "future announcement" would have generated enough forum speculation Phil Askey over at dpreview would probably have to had to add another server.

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