Well, its February 18th, and what Nikon USA has up are the new CoolPix cameras. Not a mention of the digital SLR, which is on the English-language Nikon Japan website (http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/news/dsc99-e_99.htm). Strange -- what sort of photography would one do with a CoolPix camera, anyway? -- John N. Wall email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/j/jnweg/html We are not revitalized or transformed as often by a change of circumstances as we are by a change of perspective.