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thibs · 10-19-2007, 05:06 AM

If you look at Pentax history for its (Z-serie and later) bodies naming scheme it should look somehow like this:

replacement for K100D -> K200D
replacement for K10D -> K20D
above K10D: K5D
"pro" model: K1D

But the arrival of an hypthetic K5D doesn't mean there'd be K1D. REmeber the model above MZ-5n? Yeah MZ-S... never was there an MZ-1 so...

If they choose to produce only one model above K10D then:

K100D, K10D, K1D or K1000D, K100D, K10D, K1D. Who knows?

In any case, a K20D would a replacement for K10D. But again, Pentax knows probably beter than any other brand how to confuse buyers with stupid naming scheme. No, I'mnot talking about *ist serie which naming has nothing that bad, really.

I'm talking about the following serie (in order) Z10, Z1, Z5 (yes that one existed), Z20, Z50p, Z70. Z1/Z5/Z10 or in good order (feature wise). But Z20 was an upper model than Z10. Z50p and Z70 were sligh variations like ist-DS/DL/DS2/DL2. Talk about understanding market position...

10-19-2007, 05:06 AM	#4
thibs Pentaxian Location: Nivelles, Belgium Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 1,597	If you look at Pentax history for its (Z-serie and later) bodies naming scheme it should look somehow like this: replacement for K100D -> K200D replacement for K10D -> K20D above K10D: K5D "pro" model: K1D But the arrival of an hypthetic K5D doesn't mean there'd be K1D. REmeber the model above MZ-5n? Yeah MZ-S... never was there an MZ-1 so... If they choose to produce only one model above K10D then: K100D, K10D, K1D or K1000D, K100D, K10D, K1D. Who knows? In any case, a K20D would a replacement for K10D. But again, Pentax knows probably beter than any other brand how to confuse buyers with stupid naming scheme. No, I'mnot talking about *ist serie which naming has nothing that bad, really. I'm talking about the following serie (in order) Z10, Z1, Z5 (yes that one existed), Z20, Z50p, Z70. Z1/Z5/Z10 or in good order (feature wise). But Z20 was an upper model than Z10. Z50p and Z70 were sligh variations like ist-DS/DL/DS2/DL2. Talk about understanding market position...