I finally took the leap and got myself a new camera. I went ahead and picked up a D7000, which was just release from Nikon. This camera is all that and a bag of chips (as we used to say a few years ago). I had a great unboxing video, but my cat kept messing up my shoot so I culled it. It is 14 mega pixels with 1080p HD video capabilities.
I love being an early adaptor and getting new technology, but when I bought my new camera I did not think about having problems with my computer software...more to come on that soon...