"gsum" wrote in
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Nikon have a 3 year upgrade period and when they release a product
it is right first time

What does this have to do with announcing a product six months in advance?

- unlike the D60 which lasted a mere 7 months
before it had to be upgraded to bring it into line with the D100. Now
we have the 20D which is only a slight improvement on the 10D.

If you had actually *used* the 20D, you wouldn't have said this.

If the 20D had 10 or 12 mp

....it would have cost $4,500 or more, instead of $1,500.

I might have been tempted to switch to Canon
but at 8mp the 20D appears to be a big mistake.

For who, exactly?

Who's going to buy it?

Someone who wants, oh, 90, 95% of the feature set of the 1d MkII at a
fraction of the cost.

Certainly not many D60, 10D or D100 owners.

You left out a good reason why this claim would be true.

I'm waiting for a
D2X or D200 - can't afford Canon's upgrade path.

Right, right - but you *can* afford to pay three times as much for another
camera body. Got it.