Ahhhh [drool], I’ve been eying and anticipating the arrival of this lens for sometime. I think it will be either number 2 or 3 on my list of next purchases – just got the 300mm f2.8L IS USM this week, so I’m going to have to wait a few months for the bank account to recover. Hopefully by then this lens will be in stock for more than just a few hours. However, the next purchase will most likely have to be the new (to be released) 1D. It’s debatable whether to pick up this lens or the 5D Mark II after that. I’m thinking that this lens really haulers to be on a full frame camera.