Olympus iS series

The iS series (also known as L series in Japan) was a range of compact autofocus SLRs with zoom lenses from Olympus. The lenses were not interchangeable, so the term "bridge cameras" was used to describe them - halfway between point and shoot and SLR cameras. Olympus referred to the range as ZLRs (Zoom Lens Reflex). There are two distinct lines in the iS/L Series: the advanced models 1000, 2000, 3000 and 5000 which feature everything one would expect in a normal SLR camera, like full control of aperture and shutter speed and various exposure modes, and the simple models 100(S)/200/300 which give much less control of exposure.

1990

iS10, iS100S, iS1000 image by Brian Eager (Image rights)

• Olympus iS-1000 (QD), aka iS-1 and L-1000

1991

• ´Olympus iS-2000 (QD/DLX), aka iS-2 and L-2000

1992

• Olympus iS-3000 (QD), aka iS-3 and L-3000

1994

• Olympus iS-100 (QD), aka iS-10 and L-10

1996

• Olympus iS-100S (QD), aka iS-10S and L-10s

1997

• Olympus iS-200 (QD), aka iS-20S and L-20s

1999

• Olympus iS-300 (QD), aka iS-30 and L-30
• Olympus iS-50 (QD), aka iS-5

2002

• Olympus iS-500
• Olympus iS-5000 aka iS-5 DELUXE

Olympus's Centurion APS film SLR was also a bridge camera related to the IS series.