Anybody got the D300 yet? Or is it in stock?

In Europe no sign in sight of the promised 23 november. I think Nikon is
notorious about being late...

Is it really anywhere in stock in America?

Other thought: I live in Portugal, but my sister lives in Washington. She
just send me some Nikon flashes in a package I had send to her from Amazon.
They don´t ship to Europe.

So she send it by First class (airmail, whatever it´s called) but nothing
special. She marked it as GIFT and worth about $40.-
No problem, got it in a week.
But if I would order the D300, it´s a little bit big of a gamble. Is there a
way to insure it, without putting the (true) value on the package?
Just dreaming I think ;-))

--
"I don´t need a camera,
I have a photographic memory..."
Sosumi

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:35:00 -0000, Sosumi <sosumi@home.nl> wrote:

>In Europe no sign in sight of the promised 23 november. I think Nikon is
>notorious about being late...
>
>Is it really anywhere in stock in America?

Yes. It arrived at the dealers on Wednesday, which was the 21st. Mine was
shipped to me on Wednesday, but Thursday was a major holiday and my dealer
said UPS was not delivering on Friday. So mine was sent to my office, and I
will see it on Monday.

They have started appearing on eBay. The first was listed by Cameta Camera
on midday Wednesday with a 24 hour auction length. It sold for $2325.
Prices have since been coming down. I paid $1800, which is the list and
going price.

I asked my dealer about the D200. His reply:

According to my rep., they're going to keep it for a while (I think so
they can keep the D300 price up there.)
But, realistically, it will probably be gone by March.

Don <www.donwiss.com/pictures/> (e-mail link at page bottoms).

A shipment came into the Pacific NW at local photo store. Preorders were
not even all filled. More coming but don't know when.