Originally Posted by mattdm 
It's almost definitely announcements in January leading up to PMA. Benjikan was apparently expecting these announcements at the Salon de la Photo, but that clearly didn't happen. But given that announcements are forthcoming soon, there's really only one logical time.
And I think it's pretttty safe to assume six months or more to actual market.
In my opinion the new potential rebate dates of 10/18/07 to 01/31/08 might be telling of proof of announcements in January. Isn't PMA 08 around 01/31/08, which would also be an ideal time to either launch a new rebate, or to have the current rebate ending at least.
Just a thought............ but a new rebate with new cameras doubles the whammy a little.........