True, but if the same CMOS technology used on a sensor with larger pixels (lower resolution) it would've produced even better dynamic range, color-depth and high ISO performance. I think 95% of photographers would prefer development here more.

err, 36MP is only 20% wider than 24MP. Using half a stop larger aperture will bump up the diffraction limit the same amount. Most likely we'll be seeing new lenses as well but the limiting factor is not diffraction.

50D is better than a 40D, but the MP number hardly has nothing to do with it. There are other, far more important aspects in a camera sensor than MPs.

D700 has a better sensor than a 5D mkII. Those cameras are both from 2008. This new one will be in a totally different category than those two.

Memory Cards cost next to nothing compared to cameras these days. It's the same for hard drives as well.

36MP only matters if you print wall-sized photos. High resolutions matter absolutely NOTHING if you use tiny screen sized resolutions like 2MP (Full HD) or 4 MP (My 27" iMac). The important things in a camera sensor, however, are dynamic range, color depth and high ISO performance. Let's hope we see major development…

36MP only matters if you print wall-sized photos. High resolutions matter absolutely NOTHING if you use tiny screen sized resolutions like 2MP (Full HD) or 4 MP (My 27" iMac). The important things in a camera sensor, however, are dynamic range, color depth and high ISO performance. Those are the areas where Nikon (and…

36MP only matters if you print wall-sized photos. High resolutions matter absolutely NOTHING if you use tiny screen sized resolutions like 2MP (Full HD) or 4 MP (My 27" iMac). The important things in a camera sensor, however, are dynamic range, color depth and high ISO performance. Those are the areas where Nikon (and…