Robert Barnett
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I would go with "ass-strist"
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How do you pronounce "*ist" ?
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velocio
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Although I can't say I've actually had to say it more than a couple of times, I say "i s t d" in Swedish. Individual letters, not "ist" like the German word...
Nico13
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Me also, leave the * off and the "ist" is pronounced as a word not individual letters as it is meant to be the ending of whatever you put in front of it as above "special'ist" or image capture'ist, yes thats it an image capture'ist, I think I'll stick with that.
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velocio
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I disagree. Pronouncing "ist" as a word, and then adding "D" right after leads to a double "d/t" sound, disrupting the natural flow. Better then to separate them all to form individual letters, making "eye ess tee dee" (or in my case "ee ess tee dee").
Duncan J Murray
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No.... I'm pretty sure I read in a reputable magazine which reviewed the original Pentax *ist (not D), that pentax had chosen it because it represent 'specialists', like a 'dentist' or a 'economist' 'pianist' etc. etc. representing a hobby or interest that someone specialises in. 'portraitist' 'landscapeist'? maybe that was what they were thinking... Anyway, at the time, Pentax said it was pronouced 'starist'.
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CapitaineAbitibi
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Being french canadian I can tell you one thing... every store I asked and all my friends are pronouncing it the same way, I don't know about France though... so here it goes... I.S.T. DS we just don't bother pronouncing the * and trying creating a word with IST, we just say each letter individually.
Robert Barnett
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That works. A friend of mine calls it "first". I don't know what Pentax was thinking with a name like that. Maybe it is just "ist" or "star'ist" or "We had a brain aneurysm the day we named it". 
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Quinbus
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I don't. As far as I'm concerned, in conversation and online notes, my Pentax is a DL. God knows how many Web hits Pentax missed out on with that unpronounceable, unsearchable name.
Jakes
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I wish my D50 had a star. Then it could be "stard50" or a "dstar50 or" maybe a "d50star".
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Zion Frost
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I agree. You're shots will also be far superior over those with a name containing 1st...guaranteed.
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Retina_user
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or artist, purist capitalist fascist its a rather clever idea in a very obtuse sort of way, which isn't a good choice for marketing because it confuses and frustrates the masses, but if you think about it, the name could be a mission statement for pentax. They are the most revolutionary and eccentric of the camera companies that are still in existance and they have done a better job of picking giants to sleep with than anybody so far(leica panasonic comes to mind), so despite the prononciation difficulties I think the name fits the camera company quite well.
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yeah, I'm an engineer and even I can see that it is horrible marketing, I can't help but thinking that it is kind of clever, and maybe it goes over better in japan, but everywhere else its impossible to search for and confuses 90% of customers.
Keith Holyoake
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Does it really matter? I prefer to use a camera for what it does (take pictures) - not what it's called!
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I'm also wondering if they let the engineer who designed the 43 come up with the name of the istDS, its the same sort of quirky logic.
and if anyone cares I think I pronounce it (is'DS) the "t" and the "d" blend together
and if anyone cares I think I pronounce it (is'DS) the "t" and the "d" blend together
velocio
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Well, let's take this to the extreme then...
Do you think this camera would sell:
The new Pentax ^??£?@§?®¸®µé®!!!
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Cakewalker
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Intriguingly, such a camera seems to be marketed in Korea (Google Pentax ^??£?@§?®¸®µé®!!! and see...)
Think I might be in the minority for liking the name *ist. I appreciate it is under-researched, given the web searching headaches it gives people, but in its own right it is distinctive, original, clever and elegant. By comparison, Canon and Nikon's numerical naming is bland and Digital Kiss / Digital Rebel just sounds stupid. I like the Ixy name on my girlfriend's compact Canon - sadly she rarely uses it (lousy picture quality).
I'm glad Pentax stuck with *ist and I'm glad at least now it has bowed out it has been replaced with a naming schema with a nicely historic nature (will we be seeing a K1000D - the world's first manual-only DSLR?).
I might actually post a real photographic post next time
velocio
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IMHO, a good name should have one or two letters to indicate series, and one to three numbers to indicate model. Most DSLRs agree with this, and now, Pentax DSLRs do as well.
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