At 2:49 PM -0500 1/19/01, F. Craig Callahan wrote:
>About the only reasons I can see to choose an EOS 5 over the 30 are
>if you need
>a 1/8000 sec. shutter speed, the 3.5% spot meter (compared to the 30's 10%
>partial metering), or a pc socket for studio flash. Beyond that, the EOS 30
>seems a superior camera to the EOS 5. [...]
I do a lot of low-light stuff and the lack of a true AF assist light
is a serious omission on the Elan 7/EOS 30. I don't always want to
carry around a big external flash unit. Still, I think the EOS 5/A2
situation is actually worse, as it won't illuminate the AF assist
light on an external flash at all, which is pretty stupid.
I don't know if the EOS 5/A2 has a proper battery cover, but the
Elan 7/30 has the stupid flexy hinge on its battery cover, which just
astounds me.
- Neil K.
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