And from that news blast comes word that: "Though it incorporates a 12-megapixel DX-format sensor, Nikon stresses that it's not the same sensor as in the D300. The pixels are the same size, however, and though it uses only 12-bit processing rather than 14-bit like the D300, Nikon claims high-ISO quality as good as the D300's, thanks to the same on-chip noise reduction."

I'm interested in seeing if that's true. What I've seen from the D300 with high ISO was enough to get me saving pennies to upgrade my D70s.