A bit of a bump here, but, ah, D300 is sure nice. I really would like one but absolutely can not afford buying one, unless I finance it, which isn't really a good idea. I'm hoping that it'll fall in price, especially with the advent of the full-frame D700, which is even NICER. Man, Nikon has been keeping busy as of late. How much did you pay for yours?

My D70 is still kicking, I bought it as soon as it was available here in the US; sometime middle of '04 I think. It was the second 'affordable' DLSR that came out after the Canon Rebel/KISS. I had that for a bit to play with and went with the Nikon instead. Love ever since. I dread the day that it's going to kick the bucket. I've really been rough on it and it's got 39k on the shutter so far. I wish I had more resolution for printing 20x30 (no problem when I shoot medium format, but, I lug around the digital mostly) and it sure would be nice to have a ISO 3200 equivalent or 6400 push.