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I just received an official statement from Nikon Canada regarding my previous post “Bad news if you are in Canada and want the Nikon D3s”:
“Dealers are currently fulfilling orders of the D3s against deposits. We do not anticipate any shortages of the D3s with the possible exception of higher than anticipated sales through the December [...] Related posts:

1. Bad news if you are in Canada and want the Nikon D3s
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Update: please see the official response from Nikon Canada on this post. Nikon Canada informed their dealers that the the Nikon D3s will be in a very tight supply over the next six months. Units will be allocated to dealers that have accredited photographers which will be taking part in the Vancouver Olympics. It is even [...] Related posts:

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Update: Nikon D3s is being sent to NPS members (US) directly from Nikon today.
Some readers received an update from Amazon (US) yesterday regarding the Nikon D3s shipment date:
Hello from Amazon.com.
We are writing to you today because you purchased a pre-order of Nikon D3S 12.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera.
We are now able to offer Release-Date [...] Related posts:

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