--- Grega Fenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >From: Gary Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> <<snip>>
> >
> >It's interesting, I didn't know they sold the 3000
> in
> >Canada - they don't sell it in the US (unless maybe
> >it's a grey import), but they do sell it here in
> >Australia. The 3000 is basically a repackaged EOS
> 500
> >(a Rebel XS in the States). As such it has 3 focus
> >points, but these are selected totally by the
> camera,
> >you cannot override the selected point manually (as
> >you can with the 500n/Rebel G for example).
> >
> >So focus point selection may have had something to
> do
> >with it.
> >
>
> Hi!
>
> Looks like Canon ruined EOS 500, as it doesn't have
> 3 focus points. :(
> I can't compare my EOS 500 to 3000, but can tell you
> that EOS 300 with new
> 28-90 DC focused quite a bit faster when I played
> with it at photo show.
> (comparing to EOS 500 + 35-80 III).
>
Hi Grega,
With the 500, I believe they called it "wide area"
focusing, which actually meant 3 AF points, selectable
only by the camera, but the focusing screen only
showed AF area marks (the outside of the AF area or
something like that), not 3 individual AF points. So
it didn't look look it had 3 point AF, but actually
did.
You could actually select the centre AF point with the
AE lock button, but not the other 2.
Regards
Gary
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