No thanks--I'll keep my TE SF IV stick.

All Engadget photographs look the same. Please tell me you understand that much.

re: suisickle

Perhaps you've never heard of a Raid 0 setup before, eh? RAID absolutely crushes SATA's thresholds if you have the right HDDs. With 2 WD raptor 10ks, you'll break 200 MB/sec reads pretty easily. Add more HDDs or go to SDD RAID or NAS and you can easily saturate SATA 3G.

Saying that upgrading to the new spec is for suckers means you know nothing about what's out there right now. You probably have a Dell XPS and a Pentium 4. Let the big kids talk--this stuff is over your head.

I think electric bikes are cool, but I'd hate to sit my balls on one of these in the rain when just one of those brake wires' insulation wears thin.

Re: Tom

Camera: 1.5 lbs
Lense: 3.5 lbs
Battery grip with two batteries: 1 lb
Flash (580 EX II) with batteries: 1 lb
Flash Frame with sync cord: 1 lb

Yeah I was estimating it's weight. Turned out to be closer to 8 lbs. But my point was that after 9 hrs, that amount of weight starts to affect your work.

I agree with Jack. I am a wedding photographer who spends an average of 9 hrs at each of my 30 weddings per year. The heft and bulk of the DSLR camera is fine for the first couple of hours, but after that, depending on your strap system can give you neck ache, back ache, and in my case--wrist cramps. Even with a vertical grip.

Holding the 10+ pound camera still while waiting for a couple to kiss can be agonizing at times. Not to mention artistic shots where I need to hold the camera above/below my head or at strange angles.

If you do studio or tripod work, then my comments don't affect you--I do 100% off-tripod work, and I'm telling you, I would absolutely love a lighter lense and camera body than what is currently being offered by Nikon or Canon.

Camera I own: Canon 5D w/ 70-200mm F2.8L. (and others)

Real "pros" are everywhere on the web, scouring the internet for new technologies articles so that they are informed. That's what brought me here after all.

And by the way, I'll argue with anyone who claims the 5D wasn't designed to be a pro camera. Show me a document from Canon stating contrary and I'll believe you.

Sorry--meant to say I agreed with Francis, not emptyspaces.

I agree with emptyspaces,

I am a wedding photographer and if you think what I do every Friday/Saturday isn't pro-level work, I'd love to show you my photo gallery some time to change your mind.

Bottom line: If you think studio work is the only "pro" usage of the consummate professional, you'd be wrong.

I can tell you exactly why Nintendo has not yet come up with a solution to the storage issue.

They are working on their next console. Same as when MS was working on Xbox360--original Xbox support started falling off.