I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing methodology and handed out buying advice for what seems like forever; I'm currently absorbed by computers and gaming hardware, but ...

p>Company: Nikon U.S.A. Inc., www.nikonusa.com Price: $1,299 street (body and lens). Body only: $999 list Spec Data: 6.1 megapixels; 0.4 boot time; 1,700 line average ...

Some might say that Nikon has been a little slow to hitch up their skirts and get chasing Canon, Pentax, and Sigma in the production of decent a digital SLR camera that nips in under the £1000 mark.