Canon released the PowerShot Pro 90 IS with *identical* lens specs
(7-70mm, 2.8-3.5, 13 elements in 10 groups, IS) but only did so 6 months
after Oly released the C-2100UZ. Where's the cart and where's the horse?
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Piers Hemy wrote:
>
>>As I understand it the IS system used by Olympus in the C-2100UZ was
>>licensed from another Cano-facturer for a specific number of cameras. That
>>number was reached, and the license therefore terminated.
>>
>
> I'm not so sure it was just a license. I suspect it was the whole lens
> assembly that was purchased from Canyon. It's the only thing that makes
> sense. Tooling up to make a complex electro/optical/mechanical device
> for a limited run of one model would be economic foolishness. On the
> other hand, selling additional production from a line already running
> would have distinct economic advantage for C from a marginal cost
> standpoint.
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