> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 19:07:36 -0400
> From: "Pattie Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: EOS New body recommendations: 1V vs. 3 w/PB
>
> My husband was talking with one of his co-workers who happens
> to own an
> EOS-1N. He told my husband, "If Pattie is really serious about
taking
> sports photos, she needs a new camera body." (Quite an
> understatement -- my
> Rebel was a good buy for the money but not fast enough for
> ice hockey.) He
> suggested that I need the EOS-1V, and even crazier, my
> husband is seriously
> thinking about buying me this camera for Christmas. However, I'd
been
> secretly hoping for the EOS-3 with the power booster since
> that seems to be
> (was?) the standard for sports photography -- at least with Canon.
>
> I was thinking I had until Christmas to talk him down to the
> EOS-3, but I've
> been doing some reading, and finding all kinds of good things
> about the
> 1V -- especially for sports. If he's serious about getting me the
1V,
> should I talk him out of it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pattie
Hi Pattie,
AFAIK they are both excellent cameras. I have owned a 3 for just
over a year now, and it is a great body. I am now after a second
body, and will probably be getting a 1V. With the 1V you loose the
ECF, but everything else is at least as good, if not improved. The
AF is better, the evaluative metering is better, and it is more
durable, but heavier. You also have the option of the EOS-link S/W.
If you don't want ECF and don't mind the extra weight, go for the
1V.
Steve
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