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Subject: [OM] Re: Whither Khen?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:59:58 -0400
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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