Nikon Rumors says D7100 is not positioned to replace the D300

I posted links to this in the other threads where I'm talking about buying and then not buying a D7100, but thought it might be easier to post a separate thread about it. Good news for the Nikon DX world, though as the Nikon response states, there are no guarantees or timelines for a D300 replacement at this time.

Nikon Europe: "the D7100 is not positioned to replace the D300s" | Nikon Rumors

oh those poor D300(s) users, forever being teased on their replacement cameras, as they watch inferior bodies pass them by with better technology/features,

D400,, sync connector, deeper buffer, D800 body, not sure how much more than the 7100 one can add.

I received my D7100 yesterday afternoon and shot some pictures that are posted here, "a picture is worth a thousand words." I had the Nikkor 28-300 mounted so I was getting a 35 mm equivalent of 42-600 mm with the 1.3 crop factor feature. Note this is an FX lens. I have never encountered this before, but Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom have not caught up with being able to process the D7100 RAW files, so all my images posted here were converted in Nikon NX2. Using NX2, you can do some crude editing (adequate for some, perhaps) and can convert to jpegs or 8/16 bit tiffs. All were shot handheld at f/8, ISO 200 (except for the tulips, ISO 1600) at shutter speeds ranging from 1/500 to 1/1000 (sunset was shot at 1/60, tripod mounted). Original raw files are 24 megapixels and were quickly transferred via USB 3.0 reader from Kensington. Operation of the D7100 is essentially identical to the D7000, which I gave to my daughter.