June 14, 2007: Canon has been dominating the high-end DSLR news recently with the just-released EOS 1D Mark III.

Featuring fanstastic noise reduction, 10.1 megapixels, three sensor-cleaning technologies, new autofocus and metering systesms, dual DIGIC III image processors, a 3 inch LCD with Live Mode, and an insane 110 consecutive full-resolution JPEG burst shooting speed, it’s hard to know how the Mark III could be outdone.

According to this teaser from Engadget, though, Nikon may be looking to unseat it.

We’ll admit, we certainly like where all this is going, but until we hear anything official, you’ll still have to restrain yourself and take this tidbit with a spoon of NaCl. Just days after getting wind of D3 rumors galore, a “photo editor at a major newspaper” has tipped us on a phone call he received from Nikon in which his presence was requested at a meeting where a “new professional camera that is leaps and bounds better than anything Canon is offering” would be showcased. As expected, that’s about all the details he could pry from the caller, but since the meeting is purportedly scheduled for June 26th, at least we’ve got some sort of timeframe to get our hopes up about.

This would be very exciting news if it actually turns out to be news - as opposed to baseless rumor.  Still, we can dream, right?

It’s hard to believe anything could be “leaps and bounds” better than the Mark III, thought. What’s left to throw into a camera? A calculator? A hat stand? A microwave oven? 

I’ll be checking all the news sites on June 26th to see if anything’s unveiled. Come back and see if the rumors are true.

Scott

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