Nope,
The first DSLR (Kodak DCS100 based on the F3HP) was introduced
commercially in 1991.
The first 35mm camera with IS (A Nikon VR P&S, can't recall the model)
was introduced 3 years later in 1994. Canon IS lenses would show up a
year later in the form of the craptacular 75-300 IS USM. The first
really useful IS lens was introduced in 1997 (300 f4L IS USM) and the
super teles would show up in 1999, same year as Nikon's D1, which began
the modern era of DSLR's and the end of the early Kodak DSLR era.
Canon's first in-house DSLR, the D30, showed up less than a year after
the introduction of the full-line of IS Super-Teles. Kodak did make a EF
mount DSLR prior to that, in fact the Canon mount DCS-1 was introduced
the same year as the 75-300 IS USM lens(1995).
-Adam
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
> I think you guys are forgetting the fact that Canon introduced
> IS ("in-lenses") long before DSLRs even existed and you cant even
> do "in-body" image stabilization with film cameras. So there
> was NO debate at the time which was better, "in-lenses" was
> infinately better at the time, because "in-body" was impossible
> with film cameras. Cut them a little slack, huh?
> jco
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> K.Takeshita
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:00 AM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: Camera based SR vs. lens based IS?
>
>
> On 1/28/07 8:41 AM, "Cory Papenfuss", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> I think Canon is going to have to eat their hat WRT in-body SR.
>
> "Rumour" says that's exactly what Canon is contemplating. Who knows?
> But it indicates that both methods are toss-up. Canon can no longer
> charge high price for IS lenses for sure.
>
>> They may be able to fake it by making a cheapie kit lens with IS, but
>> I think the market will desire in-body SR.
>
> Again, "rumour" says that this is the approach Nikon is contemplating,
> i.e., trickling down their VR onto even cheaper lenses.
>
> Ken
>
>
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