Web Speculates About Nikon D10

Like a tracker in the wilderness, a gadget blogger needs to be able to read the tiniest signs. Instead of snapped twigs and freshly laid dung, we have premature product postings on Amazon and battery grips. Wait. What?

It turns out that Nikon is so rigid in its naming conventions that the company inadvertently reveals future camera models through the names of its battery grips. According to a posting in the DP Review Forums by Nikon DSLR Report Editor Thom Hogan, the MB-D10 battery grip means that we could be seeing an Nikon D10 sometime early next year. Nikon likes the names of the accessories to match up; for instance, the MB-D200 fits the D200. Thom:

Prior to the D300, all add-on vertical grips were named for the body on which they would mount (e.g. MB-D200 was for the D200). When Nikon announced the D300, one of my first questions was why is the vertical grip called the MB-D10? I've NEVER known Nikon to deviate from their naming policies, so I asked them where the D10 was. Hard to say, but I now wonder whether or not Nikon originally intended to have an FX smaller body at the D3 introduction but some problem or marketing decision made them quickly reposition the D200 instead.

So I drained my cup of tea and swirled around the leaves. They tell me that the D10 will be priced at around $3000, offer a full frame sensor and a 3" LCD. It would be a possible competitor to Canon's possible 5D Mk II, and fit in Nikon's lineup between the D3 and the D300.

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