Registered: Sep 07, 2004
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Country: Canada
surly wrote:
Dan Martin wrote:
Just for those who are keeping score, I confirmed the 18-55 IS back in March:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic2/515986
I didn't see the 55-250 IS mentioned in this recent leak, but it's coming too.
I've got info on the next full frame body as well, but I'll let that slide for a bit until details firm up. 
Who makes an 18-55 IS?
It was posted in the leaked info from Amazon:
EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS Lens
Developed in response to consumer demand for a high-quality yet affordable optically image stabilized lens, the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS standard zoom lens adds a phenomenally flexible lens to the EOS 40D SLR shooter's imaging arsenal. While it features the wide-angle to mid-range zoom flexibility of its non-IS predecessor, this new EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS lens offers the significant advantage of a true lens-shift image stabilization system that yields up to a full four stops of image-shake correction.
The higher performance provided by Canon's lens shift IS system (compared with the in-camera sensor shift type offered in some competitive SLRs) includes the ability to optimize the lens performance for specific shooting situations such as low-light, long-zoom, or movement while shooting (or virtually any combination of the three). What's more, the shooter can see the image stabilization effect in the viewfinder. As the image already appears steady, more accurate framing and composition is possible, the AF point can be placed more precisely, and the photographer can concentrate on the optimal shot more comfortably.