Conropl; you are right they wouldn't look at a $13,000 lens, most probably wouldn't even realize that they were going to end up with a ton of cash tied up in this hobby. They will and should compare glass though. When I got in to DSLR's all the research I did at the time was that Canon had better glass and as for bodies, one company would be ahead for a while then the other. Now what I hear is that some of the more common glass Nikon has made improvement, but still on the high end glass Canon still leads. Who knows, this D6 may cost Canon some sales, but will some of the new lens releases bring a few over from Nikon to offset it?

Canon has taken a strange path with its bodies lately, the last three releases had critical releases. I think if they had let the 5D II market dry up, then released this body it would have been more welcomed. At the very least it was bad marketing. I am still optimistic for a positive new body release.

Edit; should have said last 4 releases. I forgot they downgraded the 50D with a 60D release.