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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LensWork" data-source="post: 8071" data-attributes="member: 1283">My $.02 is that it will be a 3-digit (D800 ?) model. Nikon has always used single digit (D3, F6, etc.) for pro models; and in recent years, 3 digit (D700, D300, F100, etc.) for semi-pro models, and 4 digit (D3000, D7000, N2020, etc.) for consumer models. The 2 digit (D60, N90, etc.) models number usage seems to have gone the way of the Dodo bird. There were some 3 digit model numbers used on consumer models sold outside of the U.S.A. (F501, F301, etc.) to differentiate that they were not Nikon U.S.A. warrantied, but Nikon has since used the same moniker for all versions of the same model regardless of the country of original import.I cannot see a replacement for the D700 using a 4 digit model designator. Perhaps when (if) Nikon puts a full-frame sensor in a consumer class chassis, it would use the 4 digit model number (think of a D7000 with a full-frame sensor, D8000?) And yes, before anyone chides me for calling the D7000 a consumer grade chassis, amongst others, without a FULL-magnesium alloy chassis (D7000 uses magnesium alloy only in the top & rear covers), no PC terminal for studio strobes and uses SD cards instead of CF cards, in my opinion, the D7000 does not qualify as a pro or semi-pro chassis. That's NOT to say that pros will not, or should not, use the D7000, just it lacks a few key components that in my book make it pro-grade chassis.There is also a perceived class distinction with regards to the model numbers. How would potential buyers react to a D8000 as a replacement for a D700 given that by using a 4 digit model number it would now be in the same 4 digit series as a D3100?</blockquote>

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