I’d have to say that is probably true. Canon is the only company I know where you can get fired for being 5 minutes late into work (I believe you get an official warning letter that goes into your work record if you’re late just for the first time). This applies not just to workers, but to executives and management, and also to overseas subsidaries. While I don’t know about US, since that kind of management won’t go well there, I know in the South East Asia subsidaries employees forgo the lift and run up the stairs just to make sure they aren’t late if their timing is tight.

Not a friendly place most of the time. But you do find people like Jeff-c posting very hush hush stuff about Nikon.

Hey, that reminds me, whatever happened to Jeff-c? He seems to have disappeared from dpreview forums. Hmmm

A 20MP FX sensor might make sense for a D700x. But I really don’t think Nikon can make much money at all from the flagship line of bodies. It is a prestige thing and to sell big telephoto lenses. Two flagship bodies is pushing it, three would be insane.

A D3d body with a large DX sensor would make more sense than a 20MP FX sensor. A large DX sensor would be a killer lens for macro photography and for the paparazzi shooter. But for most high end DX users it is a weight thing and they would much rather have a D300 series body than than a D3 series. A DX sensor in a D3 body would be almost a dedicated pap body.

So I don’t see the logic of another D3 body.

Also I note that the recent track record of rumors of this sort is pretty low. Nobody caught wind of the DX lenses until they were practically out. And they are a heck of a lot more logical and likely to sell in far greater numbers than almost anything that is proposed on the boards – except for the 80-400 AFS.