"During peak times at the Visual Edge '99 trade show it was all but impossible to get to the Nikon booth. News photographers and photo editors were crowded around the pre-production Nikon D1 units laid out on the booth's table, anxious to learn more about the camera that some of their organizations have already committed to purchasing in volume. Gone were the Japanese-only menus and ultra-limited functionality of the prototype units Nikon previously demonstrated."