For all of you suffering from NAS, here’s another item to add to your list. The Nikon D700 looks to be a scaled down D3 and has retained a lot of the nicer features. Pricing for the body looks to be $2999 USD and Nikon says they’re shipping in late July.

You can preorder a Nikon D700 body from Ritz Camera.

Some of the features:

• 12.1-megapixel FX-format CMOS sensor with Nikon’s exclusive EXPEED digital image processor
• Super low-noise performance from 200-6400 ISO
• Continuous shooting up to 5 frames per second
• 3 inch high resolution LCD with Two Live View shooting modes
• Shutter mechanism tested to 150,000 cycles
• 51-point AF with 3D Focus Tracking
• a builtin flash
• Dynamic Integrated Dust Reduction System
• Active D-Lighting with NEW Auto mode
• …and lots more goodies

Visit the Nikon website for full info on the D700