October 26th is 9 days away and so far I have not received any information on any scheduled Nikon press events for next week. It will be highly unusual for Nikon to announce the D800 without any major press gathering – maybe they have chosen this path to prevent any leaks.
Why October 26th?
Those are the related stories from the past few weeks that make me believe that the D800 will be announced on October 26th:
- The original D800 rumor from Japan indicated October 26th as a release date.
- There is supposed to be a Nikon product presentation in Marrakech on October 24-26.
- PDN PhotoPlus show in New York starts on October 27th. There is another Nikon related event in Australia from from October 23rd – 26th