NIKON D200

After shooting film for my whole life, I was about ready to plunk down good money for the new Nikon D200. The problem was, it didn't, (and still doesn't) exist.

I started to jot this down a couple of weeks ago following the failure of Nikon to announce this product at the September Photo show. Nikon did announce a bunch of other stuff. Just didn't announce the camera I wanted.

After hearing about all the issues with the Hurricanes, I've been considering declaring a market emergency and inviting FEMA in to help get this product to market. Now don't dismiss this out of hand. In the face of inept local officials, the Pres (W) has stated that we should not wait for those local officials to declare an emergency and run in to help. Others have chimed in that we should suspend Posse Comitatus and just have the military run in anytime there is an emergency that the locals are not up to handling. (Of course it would be up to the Feds to decide whether the locals were up to handling things - or not). You all know that I wouldn't go for that.

But I'd still like to help. And I would like to suggest a middle road. I suggest that an independant third party (me) declare the emergency. And while Nikon is an exceptional engineering company - their marketing is at times suspect. So I also declare that the company is not up to handling the release of my future camera.

So: FEMA, any time you're ready....