I didn't say it was a knock off and it doesn't matter if it's similar or
not. It doesn't matter if it has the best interface know to humanity,
because people don't start with user interfaces, or any other technical
detail. A digital SLR, for the general population, is just an expensive
electronic gadget. They want to buy from a company that they know makes
"good" electronic gadgets, or a camera brand that has such good name
recognition that they already know it. Pentax is neither. Pentad's name
recognition starts with Spotmatic and ends with K1000, with nothing in
between. If Pentax's DSLR sales are just dependent on long time Pentax
users then they'll sell about as many as Minolta did of their Maxxum 9's.
BR
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True, but I don't see the *ist D as a knock-off of the F80. It shares
some design similarities, but it's a very different camera. Obviously the
people who always buy Nikon aren't going to be swayed, but for those who
are still undecided, a vaguely user-friendly interface should be a plus.
