Per,
I just revisited
http://www.olympus.co.jp/LineUp/Digicamera/C2100uz/c2100uz.html
which is a press release section of Oly Japan.
In the following:
手振れ補正機能付き光学式10倍ズームレンズ搭載
1/2型（インチ）の本格的静止画用ＣＣＤ搭載デジタルカメラでは世界で
初めて実現。オリンパス独自開発の手振れ制御システムの搭載により、10
倍という高倍率ズームでの撮影でも手振れを抑えた安定した高画質が得ら
れます。
"World's first digital still camera with a 1/2 inch CCD was realized. Olympus
has developped its own image stabilization system that enables to achieve
high quality images even at 10x zoom" - my translation here.
I am not sure the basis of the statements in below website. May be
Oly has a cross-licensed with part of the stabilization system from
Canon ? I am not expert in this field.
Jim Terazawa
Per Nordenberg wrote:
> As has been reported and discussed here already (thanks to those who
> contributed) Oly will release
> the new C-2100 Ultra Zoom digital camera in Japan. The German site
> digitalkamera.de mention this at
> http://www.digitalkamera.de/Info/News/News-en.asp?MIN=0404 ,where it is said
> that C-2100UZ is based
> on the C-2020Z. They also say that to reduce camera shake the 10x zoom lens
> is assisted by an
> optical image stabilisation unit. The next sentence is somewhat unclear to me:
>
> --
> "We already reported about such a development from Canon (see report of 25th
> May 2000); one may
> suspect Olympus from using this product in its new camera."
> --
>
> What do they mean? Is Oly's new IS system borrowed from Canon? I know that
> Canon use this in some of
> their lenses, but do they have a patent license on this system as well? And
> above all, will this be
> utilized to improve other Oly cameras, and if so which?? Myself I'm thinking
> of an iS-4000 with
> image stabilisation... mmm...
>
> Per Nordenberg
> Zoo keeper at Kolm\xE5rden
> http://www.kolmarden.com/
>
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