"ist D" marketing

[dick graham]

The "ist D" looks like what each of us thinks it looks like.  I think the 
left side of the camera, as you face it, looks like a PZ.  The right side 
looks like the "ist" 35 mm film version.  From a manufacturing and 
marketing standpoint this makes some economic sense.  Because the digital 
state of the art is so fluid wouldn't it make sense for Pentax to dip into 
already available parts bins to help keep costs down, knowing that model 
upgrades are going to come fast and furious.

DG