Thanks EOS but this does not address my questions about the storage options via the new grip....any ideas??? Actually everyone has different needs, I was one hoping for 12-13 Mp, but if low noise, I will take 10, as there are plenty of other improvements in this model to appreciate. Playing with the test files on Canon Japan, they seem to enlarge quite nicely as does the one available for the 1DS3. some day maybe all 35mm sized dslr cameras will have 20Mp to play with, you can always downsize if you do not want to shoot at highest size. By that time the computers and media cards will also keep pace with the file storage size requirments. I do not see too big an issue with this, cause I print large fairly commonly 20x30, and uprez files accordingly to get a consistent ppi. Storage is done by multi external hard drive anyway. A 50-80 Mb file is common anyway for me, and having this at a native file size would just save me a step or two....or four. When I got my first D30, I recall its file size native was like 9mb, things have come a long way. No one forces anyone to upgrade anything, unless you need it for business, then the choices become needed. I thnk it would be cool if you could just stick a 8-16GB memory stick in the grip and increase your storage on camera that easily. For that matter, given how cheap storage is today, why don't they just bury a couple of GB via micro SD or equiv into the body and then switch to SD cards anyway, you could probably stick 2 SD slots in the space of a CF card slot....JMHO
