I recall reading years ago (after the Sendai earthquake) about the stoppage at the Nikon factory there. In the article the author mentioned that the pro and co

I recall reading years ago (after the Sendai earthquake) about the stoppage at the Nikon factory there. In the article the author mentioned that the pro and consumer camera division of Nikon was responsible for so little of their overall revenue (equipment for photolithography was the money-maker for Nikon) that board members were, at that time, advocating selling off Nikon's camera business. If that ever happens I hope Sony is the buyer... the idea of Nikon's ergonomics and color science married to the autofocus system on Sony's Alpha line would be incredible. Granted, its more wishful thinking than anything else (based on the small bit of logic that Nikon uses Sony sensors in most/all of their cameras) but it would be a powerful combination.