Fishchris wrote:But I sure wish I could just plop down $3k for anything, anywhere, anytime !It only works if you do it without telling your wife......and use a secret credit card....and don’t tell your 10-year-old how much it was (he likes to blab)....and maybe have a good divorce attorney on retainer.I did entertain the thought of switching to Canon before this model came out, but I have too much invested in Nikkor lenses (which I suspect falls right into Nikon’s customer retention policy).

I got mine from Gene's Camera Store in South Bend Indiana    Earlier this year.  Though I'm in California, South Bend was where I grew up. But I found it by contacting stores on the Nikon Dealers list