Nikon D7000

Wow, more leaked pictures of the soon to be released Nikon D7000, from, where else, Nikonrumors.com which is more like Nikon marketing goes rogue than ever. Earlier I was "complaining" no frontal view of the D7000, now we have more than frontal view of the camera but top and frontal nudity showing the beautifully crafted magnesium alloy body.  And yes the 39 AF points as well.  So it's a lot of camera packed into one neat package.  Especially for me, coming from the oldie but goodie D70, and yes, FE and F5 of the good old film days as well.  39 AF points I wonder how the camera knows what you want to focus on, is it the eyes, the nose, the mouth or somewhere else?

My D70 isn't made of any metal alloy, magnesium or not, but I find it almost indestructible though I never got it dropped accidentally or otherwise certainly no test of fire either.  So I wonder if the magnesium alloy body is more of a marketing ploy or it actually makes the body super duper strong.  Most people just play with their camera in their apartment (hence the demand to have good ISO performance and huge f-stop for lenses) and only a few dedicated professionals actually go to shoot in the Amazon, Antarctica and god forbid war zones.  But magnesium alloy, it is kind of neat and it's a good conversation point.

My wish list that would never come true: metering with non-cpu lenses, .75 magnification factor, full frame FX sensor.  For a price tag of $2,000.