Pentax *ist D

Pentax *ist D is a digital SLR camera produced by Pentax, released in 2003. The *ist D produces a 6.1 megapixel resolution image, using same sensor as Nikon D100. It was the smallest and lightest dSLR at the time, but still well equipped. For example, it had a large and bright pentaprism viewfinder, compared to pentamirror in other similarly priced competition. The name is compounded of an asterisk as a placeholder and the neologism "ist" (as in artist, journalist or tourist, referring to the camera's versatility), followed by a "D" for "digital".^[1]