I read on a few camera forums and also looked up this article. This decision by Cannon just happened. I was also looking at the Nikon from the start with all my threads discussing Nikon's. I have a Cannon HV20 High Def video camera but I have always liked the Nikon cameras.

http://www.reuters.com/article/techn...19973620080307

TOKYO (Reuters) - Canon Inc (7751.T: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it planned to boost production of digital cameras in China and build a new laser printer plant in Vietnam, aiming to meet booming demand in developing countries.

Canon is looking to double its production capacity of compact digital cameras at a factory in China's Guangdong province to 10 million units a year by 2009, said a company spokesman, who declined to be identified.
The sharp boost in output of the cameras, which are priced around 20,000 yen ($195), would lift Canon's global digital camera production capacity by around 20 percent and help it cement its position as the world's biggest maker of digital cameras.

Canon shipped 24.6 million digital cameras in 2007. It will also invest 5 billion yen ($50 million) to build a new factory in northern Vietnam which will assemble low-cost printers. The investment figure for the China output boost was not disclosed. Canon shares fell 1.7 percent on Friday to 4,560 yen, outperforming a 2.9 percent fall in Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index .N225, as a stronger yen hit export stocks.

Now I realize this is the smaller cheaper camera but the original article I saw did not say that and this article on the link shows the DSLR in the photo.