What does the "D" in all camera bodies mean?

[sagittariansrock]

Amazing that this thread got to be so long! (AND I am adding to it, too) :

 

[DJL329]

Nikon is doing the same, only putting the 'D' up front :

Except that the D30/D60 have already been used. I still have my D30, I occasionally dust it off to see far we have come.

But, as Canon has shown us with the Powershot S100, they don't have a problem reusing model numbers.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/dcc/data/1986-2000/2000_ps-ixy-d.html?lang=us&categ=crn&page=1986-2000
http://usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/digital_cameras/powershot_s100?selectedName=BrochuresAndManuals

 

[TW]

D = Diddleysquat

Nowadays, since there isn't anything else.

 

[JohanCruyff]

What if D stood for Desperate and M for Miserable?

 

[KyleSTL]

But, as Canon has shown us with the Powershot S100, they don't have a problem reusing model numbers.

And the S110 aswell.

At some point, old technology is forgotten, what with the playstation and i-phone generation. Remember when music was on big black vinyl discs, and nobody bothered calling it 'analog'?? ;D

You really don't have to specify a technology when another technology did not exist. Cameras used to use film, and one did not need that a camera was a 'film' camera, and music came on records, 4 tracks, 8 tracks, reel-to-reel, cassette tapes, all these are analog, but one does not have to state it when it preceeds the invention of digital means.

Now that we've all had a little fun with 'D', how about 'L'? I'll go first:

Ludicrous (as in prices, for 24-70 II, supertelephoto IS II versions, 24 IS, 28 IS)
Languish (as in interest, in lenses that take years to go from announcement to shipping)

 

[clicstudio]

D for Delicious! Hahaha

: :-X

 

[marekjoz]

Re: D for Delicious! Hahaha

: :-X

+1

 

[tron]

D for Disney... (Mickey Mouse) camera ? ;D

 

[Canon-F1]

Droolover

 

[crasher8]

Well, according to the latest CR(1) rumor it means 'D End'

 

[mrsfotografie]

Well, according to the latest CR(1) rumor it means 'D End'

Dead End? I wonder what's next!