Since I still have many readers asking me about it – those are the shipping dates for the Nikon D4 and D800/E confirmed by Nikon France in a recent Q&A sessions:
“Le D4 sera commercialisé à partir du 15 mars 2012. Le D800 à partir du 22 mars et le D800E à partir du 12 avril.”
Translation: “The D4 will be sold from March 15, 2012. The D800 from March 22 and D800E from April 12.”
Those dates match the previously reported estimates from Amazon, Adorama and B&H (D800 and D800E dates).
Nikon’s representative also mentioned that the D700 will still be available for sale alongside the D800/E. The price of the D700 already dropped in Europe (£450 less in the UK: £1,799.95 at Amazon and Jessops). Still no word on a price drop in the US where the D700 is out of stock everywhere.
Update: of course an hour after I published this post online, Amazon got the D700 in stock – the price is the same.
