More like a Nikon D900
More chatter about the new Nikon full-frame camera – it seems like it is going to be a Nikon D900 after all. Personally, I would love to see the 18 megapixel Nikon sensor go into the Nikon D900. It just makes more sense – it will not alienate the users who sold their kidneys to get a Nikon D3x 
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There may be an explanation after all to the naming convention – D900 follows Nikon’s odd-even naming cycles. These 4 year odd-cycle started with the Nikon D3. What followed was D300, D90, D3000, D700 and D5000 – all non-zero odd numbers. Going with this rationale, Nikon D900 is the next to follow.
The next even-cycle will start with the Nikon D4, sometime around summer of 2011. And, soon we’ll see: Nikon D400, Nikon D800, Nikon D4000, Nikon D6000, etc.
I have come to believe that the timing of the D4 release may be tied to how well the Canon 1D MKIV and as yet unreleased 1Ds MKIV perform. If Nikon views Canon’s offerings as being a competitive threat I believe they are prepared to bring the D4 to market. This is a little like the Intel AMD wars of the past where Intel always had an answer to AMD’s newest release ready to go, but seldom released it until they needed to do so.