My theory is that they got so much flack for the implementation of the 
CF slot on the *ist-D that marketing decided to use something harder to 
complain about.

graywolf wrote:

>That does not compute.  The *istD is smaller than the K10D, yet has a CF 
>card.  If you think CF or CF & SD would have made the camera larger you 
>are most likely wrong.  The decision was 98% marketing, millions of 
>folks already have an SD card for their phone.  Luddites and pros who 
>want CF can buy something else, after all they are only a small 
>percentage of the market.  But I guess it is good they are standardizing 
>a bit.  Better than having a CF in the laptop, an SD in the Pocket 
>Computer, and a XD in the camera.  But wait?  The camera and the pocket 
>computer also take CF's.  So much for that theory <grin>.
>
>  
>


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Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler.

                        --Albert Einstein



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