jonnyapple said:
I think the D3000 will be replaced next year.

I said this, of course, with my brain still in 2009. I meant in 2010.

I can't forsee the D3000 being replaced until the next generation sensors cascade down throughout the rest of the line. If I'm reading the tea leaves right the D3000 (much like the D60 before) is the entry-level camera characterized by a generation N-1 sensor and a (crippled) generation N processing engine.
Seeing as leading-class sensors haven't changed since the 3000 was introduced I don't know why a 3000 replacement would be due.

jonnyapple said:
Thanks, HotDuckZ. Just because a DX body comes out in June/July doesn't mean a new FX camera won't come out, too. I think the D3000 will be replaced next year. I wonder what the lenses might be.

Wonder why Nikon should replace D3000, his newest low cost camera, so soon? It is bestseller currently (if you have a couple of 100 and you want DSLR voila) and it will sell well at least a year or so, and what could be added that could significantly improve it?
I think in DX range D90 is to be updated first with every video feature imaginable, probably with a more MPix sensor, better AF and viewfinder I hope, but without some expensive components like AF motor and probably others to make more room for D300s until D400 is out. D3000 replacement is more likely after D5000.
D700 is an obvious FX candidate and it seams to me that we will have 2 or 3 models here, one low cost, one HI ISO small pro body and one HI Mpix pro body, but we shell see the first one and it seams very soon now.

Thanks, HotDuckZ. Just because a DX body comes out in June/July doesn't mean a new FX camera won't come out, too. I think the D3000 will be replaced next year. I wonder what the lenses might be.

ONE BODY on June or July, May be not D900. (If yes, It's first FX body that not produce on Japanese island.)
TWO LENS on April, Huge and a bit large. It's zoom and have Nano coat not sure DX or FX.

All made in Thailand, Nano coating too.

Whatever does it all mean?

/boggle

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It's not D900!!!