Nikon D5000 is here. Ugly name. Ugly camera. Nice features.
I would not recommend it. Simply because it has only 1 command dial, making it difficult to operate in manual mode. The inability to operate it easily in manual is the biggest reason I cant see serious amateurs using it.
Just to add my opinion on all the rumors, here we go.
D300 is next in line to be replaced. Guessing mid to late summer. It will NOT be FX. It will probably be 14.X, maybe low 15 MP. Then late in the year the D700X will drop with a D3x sensor in a body that has been hampered in other ways so as to not quite directly compete with the D3x.
The D100/D200/D300 line will remain DX indefinitely. The D700/D700X line will be the FX pro backup bodies.
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