> > From: "John M. Lovda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: EOS 10s > > Are there owners or users of the model 10s body who can provide a > critique or opinion of the camera performance, operation and reliability?
I bought one of these this past summer to use as a backup to my EOS 5, in case the command dial goes further south. As other posters have mentioned it is missing some features of current bodies but it does offer some things that similarly priced contemporaries can't. It moves film at 5 fps without a booster, which is faster than any other body except the EOS 5. It also runs at 5 fps in AEB mode, which the EOS doesn't do (The 5 slows down to the same speed as the Elan II in AEB mode.). The AEB sequence is also different than newer bodies: under/on/over exposure rather than on/under/over. The 10s is ideal for really long exposures, since it doesn't use significant power when the shutter is open in bulb mode. It also has an intervalometer built in, which allows you to program the camera to take a series of exposures automatically. The command dial doesn't seem to have the same cheesy feel as the EOS 5/A2, and I haven't heard any reports of it failing. It has many of the same custom functions as the Elan II, including CF4, MLU, DOF, and leader out, but they're slightly different of course. I got a manual with mine, and recommend you do the same, since the differences are significant enough to be confusing. The 10s also uses the RC-1 IR remote control (same as Elan II, and maybe the Elan 7?), which allows a 2-second MLU. The body does not have spot metering, but it will do partial metering, no worse than the Elan 7. On the minus side, it is quite noisy, and the focus point selector and "*" buttons are reversed compared to the Elan II and EOS 5. Since it doesn't use an IR sprocket counter for advancing the film, you can't reload a partially exposed roll and expect it to line up perfectly, like it does with the Elan II, but there is still a custom function for leaving the leader out on rewind. It uses one 2CR5 battery, which is great for me since my other cameras use that as well, but I think the Elan 7 uses two 3V cells, so you'd need to carry two different spares. Generally I think it's a real sleeper of a body, if you can live with its shortcomings. The salesman in the store where I bought it, knew nothing about it until I started asking questions (but then, he was wearing a Nikon T-shirt!). Geoff Doane, Halifax, N.S. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
