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Unusual Product Names #2
Meanwhile, the magazine Photography Monthly have reviewed the curiously named Pentax *ist in the August 2003 review. As well as giving the 35mm SLR camera a rating of 9 out of 10 and saying “the Pentax joins the Canon EOS 300V and Nikon F75 as the pick of the best sub-£300 SLRS”, they also contacted Pentax UK to explain the reasoning behind that strange name (to say the least). To quote:
“Apparently, it’s meant to be used as a suffix to describe the type of photographer who might use the camera. You can be a Pentax-ist - someone who loves using their Pentax. Or, an Artist, Specialist, Pictorialist, Perfectionist, Portraitist, Publicist…”
So now you know 
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#1 Ed Garrard
Or just "P" to describe all of us who had bought tons of Pentax lenses and were getting tired of waiting for a digital body to go with them...
10:30 pm - Monday, July 21, 2003
#2 Mark Goldstein
Very droll! You could have fallen foul of the profanity filter then...
So will you be buying the Pentax D *ist then when it finally ships?
Mark
1:39 am - Tuesday, July 22, 2003
#3 Ed Garrard
If it's in the same ball park quality-wise as the 10D. I am really taken with the Canon camera, but hate the idea of selling off the lenses I've been collecting for 30 years. Some of them are really nice. But it will come down to picture quality.
10:11 am - Tuesday, July 22, 2003
#4 Mark Goldstein
The last thing I heard, the Pentax D *ist was due to ship sometime in August. So you won't have too long to wait to find out if you need to trade in all those lenses!
Mark
2:49 pm - Tuesday, July 22, 2003