Tom,

I have to agree with Simon here.  The price of the D200 will come down in time.  Just look at any new camera and a year or so later and look at that same camera and the difference in price from when it came out.  I mean you are getting the same camera, just for less $$$.

Glass is just as important as the camera.  I would invest is some new quality glass for now, and when the price of the D200 is half of what it is today, buy it.  I guess I am more frugal than most, I tend not to purchase something when it is brand new on the market and the price is rather steep.

The Cynical One

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.  -Marcel Duchamp