[Arthur Macmillan]

It's not confusing, but just as the 60D was a letdown it is using the xxD numbering system in a way that appears false, and misleading.  I would have thought they could have stuck with a numbering system that denotes that the camera is beginner, intermediate and advanced.  But by for the first time not using a pentamirror in an xxD model they appear to be baiting and switching to me.  It would be like putting a V8 emblem on a 6 cylinder car and saying that the symbol represents a hypothetical performance of a V8 concept, and in no way to be confused with actually having a V8.  I call it BS.