Probably a spring introduction followed by a late summer or early fall release. In the meantime lets focus on the D30. In Use Eager to try the camera out I popped in the battery and the supplied 16MB CF card and went into my back yard. I was back in my lab loading the card into PhotoShop. I hadn't even bothered to load Canon's software yet.
First impressions are very favourable.
I had read Phil Askey's comprehensive technical report and pretty much knew what to expect. From an operational perspective I was very pleased to see that the camera operates in a shooting priority mode. No switches to turn or buttons to press. I was also impressed with how well the rear LCD did in bright sunlight. The image zoom button also works very handily and allows you to blow up an image and check to make sure that frames are properly focused and sharp.