Hooray! It's here!

The Nikon D700 body I ordered came in today.  Oddly enough, they didn't add a 4 GB card as offered initially... but I won't quibble.  They sent the camera via Next-Day UPS shipping and that's good enough.

Now... first impressions:

• The body, heavy already, feels pretty much like my Nikon F100
• The battery came partially charged.  It was easy to get it to work.
• Menus and options are remarkably LESS complicated than I expected
• Photographers used to the layout and controls of Nikon AF film cameras won't find this one any different from the F100 or the F5.
• Buttons, controls, dials... are remarkably smooth

That's all for now.  I've set the camera to shoot JPEGs for now, but later, once I have figured out how to handle RAW files and other quirks, I'll set it up for the job.  For now, I have still room for about 250 exposures in a 2GB Lexar card. 

BTW, the camera is very responsive, and can be used just minutes after getting it out of the box.  In short, I'm a happy camper!