WELL, THIS IS COOL: I got the new Nikon D300 in the mail — I’ll be reviewing it for Popular Mechanics. Haven’t had a chance to do much more than unbox it and charge the battery so far, but my first impression is of tremendous solidity. I’ve used the D70 and D50 and they feel good, but this just feels much more, well, solid.

If you’re interested, here’s Ken Rockwell’s much more technical review. And here’s one from DPReview.com.

UPDATE: This is a pretty detailed review, too.

And don’t miss this one from Thom Hogan. Naturally, I like this sentence: “Looking inside the D300 is a bit like observing the work of a bunch of nano-bots let loose on a D200 to improve it.”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Hey, here’s a review from Stephen Green.