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By: Mike Johnston

A year and a half ago on this site, I wrote a paean to thePentax. (I use the term "the Pentax" advisedly; once upon a time back when men were men, "the Pentax" meant "the picturetaking tool," much like "Tannoys" meant "loudspeakers" long ago in England.) I compared the then-new *ist DS to the old K1000. The latter was to photography much like a wooden-handled, medium-weight curved-claw hammer is to carpentry.
I should have waited. "*ist" was not a dumb camera name, but it played one in public. It actually made sense, in a sophisticated sort of way, and at least it was different. But it was unsearchable, and unpronounceable, and had, um, other defects. Pentax eventually acknowledged the error of its ways. For its latest basic DSLR, it went back to history, and chose "K100" (a.k.a. K100D). Obviously, the reference was to the K1000, and just as obviously, Pentax intended its new camera to deserve eve...

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