[shuttertalk]

The D50 has not been announced, and is probably pure speculation at this point, but apparently Nikon filed a trademark registration on the "D50" at February 8, 2005.

This place even has it listed in their catalog!
http://www.digitalcityonline.com.au/stor...oduct=1719

[shuttertalk]

Oh and they've got the Canon 350D in stock! Silver only though:
http://www.digitalcityonline.com.au/stor...oduct=1639

[adam]

trademark registration?
Does that mean that after Canon makes the 30D, 40D, then they can't make the 50D?

[StudioJ]

Why would that be when Nikon's is the D50 not the 50D?

[Chomp]

Please don't confuse me more! It is hard enough trying to decide between Pentax *ist DS and Rebel XT! Ha ha.

[adam]

because it would sound similar?
but then many cameras have similar names.

Reading that again, I realised... Well, the first time I read it, I read it as the trademark registration taking that name so that no similar name can be made, then just reading it again made me realise that the point of mentioning the trademark registration was a proof that there was a camera to follow

[shuttertalk]

In addition to the D50, I'm hearing rumours of the D70S! Some say it's a 8 megapixel camera, some say it's just a D70 with a facility for remote cable.

There are supposedly some manuals for both models:
http://rapidshare.de/files/1057680/d70s.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/1057966/d50.rar.html

I haven't downloaded them yet... but if you're curious...