"EOS = Electronically Operated Shutter."

A bit rusty, aren't you?

EOS stands for Electro-Optical System.

Every single SLR Canon has released since 1987 _is_ an EOS camera, regardless of market.

"I see this as an indication that Canon is slowly looking at pushing the EOS name for the entry level. People will still called them Rebels for a while though I'm sure."

People call them Rebels probably because it's easier to remember and because EOS isn't an actual model but the entire line name. The original Rebel, the Rebel XT and the Rebel XTi _all_ have the EOS name, we just don't call them with it.

See the Canon product page of the Rebel XTi for example:

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=14256

EOS Digital Rebel XTi.

"I have a review at home of the D3 vs the 1Ds MKIII and they stated in that report that the D3 images were better despite the difference in resolution."

I'd love to read that review. I hope they are as thorough as DPReview when it comes to uh, reviewing cameras.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/NikonD3/page25.asp

"What you can't deny is that the EOS-1Ds Mark III is setting new standards for the level of detail you can capture with a digital SLR; there's texture in this shot we've simply never seen before. If your overriding need is for huge, detail-filled files the Canon is peerless, but for less demanding enlargements you're not going to see the resolution advantage."

"Crayola is correct, except the new D700 low noise sensor was made in-house by Nikon"

It's not.

Nikon does not have the resources to make their own sensors. They're supplied by Sony and the D700 sensor, which is the same as the D3, is rumored to be made by Kodak.

"EF-S mount?"

Canon bodies that have the EF-S mount can ALSO mount EF lenses, like the 300/350/400/450D and 20/30/40D. So they actually have a larger lens selection than EF only cameras.

If you meant it would still have a crop sensor, it doesn't make sense for the 40D successor to be full frame. It's a $1,000 camera, we're not there yet.

"That makes me wonder why Tamron only announces the lens for these 2 particular brands....."

Uh, because Nikon and Canon total over 70% of the market share?

The rest is divided between like 5 other brands.

Nikon's D40 and Canon's XTi alone probably sell more than all of the 5 lesser brand combined.

Numbers don't always translate to quality but.. just saying.

People really need to realize flash memory has still a long way to go until it can catch up to HDD capacity and prices.

Sheesh.

This is pretty damn cool.

Hopefully it gets adopted by every other manufacturer.

"boasting capacities all the way up to 200GB -- apparently a first at the 2.5-inch form factor."

Didn't Samsung make a 200 GB 7200 RPM 2.5" drive first?

http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/11/samsungs-spinpoint-m1-laptop-drive-200gb-at-7200rpm-a-world/