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Anonymous
Sony is gracious intermidiary, supplying both canon and nikon with their point-and-shoot chips. Image Stabilization was co-developed by Canon and Sony. In video cameras, it was first seen in Sony's, of course, and in still cameras in Canon's. In the late 80's, Canon debuted the EOS mount, forever changing still cameras. With this new, huge, electronic mount, Canon was easliy able to develop silent focusing lenses, add image stabilization, etc, as all the tech was in the lens itself, interfacing with the camera electronically. Nikon stuck with their 50's mount, and had a heck of a time figuring out how to make a queit lens, let alone add image stabilization. They eventually added electronic contacts to the mount of course, like canon, but are currently in the messed up state of having a majority of their lenses still requiring a mechanical link. Nikon's cheaper DSLR's no longer have the mechanical link, so most Nikon lenses can not autofocus.
If you want access to Nikon's full range of lenses, you need to spend more money on a higher-end cam. With Canon, the cheapest camera you can get is fully-compatible with every EOS lens ever made. The benefit of Nikon's system is you can use crap lenses from the 50's, if you buy their more expensive cameras. The benefit of Canon's is that all camera buyers can enjoy all their lenses. The other big advantage to Canon's huge EOS mount, is that you can put lenses from any manufacturer on it, including those same crap Nikon lenses from the 50's, or Leica's finest.
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