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It depends on what you shoot most often and how you like to shoot and what existing lenses and flash you have. If you shoot lots of action, sports, kids playing ot flash photos the EOS 1N RS may be a better pick if you have an EZ series flash unit and have some faster "L" class glass. If you don't shoot lots of moving subjects, have slower consumer lenses and possibly have a newer EX flash unit the EOS 3 looks like a good fit. The shutter release or lag time of the EOS 3 is much longer (60% longer or so), than the EOS 1N RS even while not in "RS" mode. In "RS" mode there is nothing faster than an EOS 1N RS in terms of shutter release lag. If you use an EOS 1N and then try to shoot with an EOS 3 you will notice this immediately especially if you shoot action or sports. I shoot sports and fast moving subjects and when I tried the EOS 3 for a week, could not get past the shutter relase lag. It's slower than my EOS 5 bodies, never mind the faster frame rate if you miss the shot. The EOS 1N RS also is much heavier and the power booster cannot be removed, it's a permanent part of the RS body and lacks the main control wheel of the EOS 3's E2 booster. I don't care what they say about the EOS 3 being as well sealed as the EOS 1/1N/1N RS, the EOS 3 is NOT built as strongly nor is it as tough as the EOS 1/1N/1N RS bodies. Sealing is what marketing sells to divert you from the less solid construction of the EOS 3. Also the EOS 1N RS does give up some finder brightness and a 1/3 of a stop in lens speed. This is why faster glass is better with this lens and low light shooting is less of an option as AF and metering is also off by 1 EV due to the mirror's light loss. Hope this helps, Chip Louie > > > If you were to choose between the EOS 1N RS and EOS 3, and you > can only choose one of the two, which would you choose? And, of > course, why would you choose the model you chose? > > -- > Chieh's Web - http://Chieh.CameraHacker.com/ > * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
