On Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at 01:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does someone know why the EOS 300 (Rebel 2000), EOS 30/33 (Elan 7/7E)
> has such an awfull AF assist
> light (bursts of light from the internal flash)? I find it unusable
> and it has never helped me!! On
> ther other hand the EOS500N (sorry I don't know the American name),
> which is a worse body, has a
> very usefull AF assist light consisting on a little light that brights
> the scene!!
Canon hasn't said, as far as I know, but I would guess a) to save
costs and b) because the wide 7-point focus area would require a larger
LED housing somewhere which would detract from the svelte compact lines
that are selling points for both cameras. Whatever the reason, it's
certainly an annoying drawback.
As noted, a lot of people slap a flash unit or ST-E2 transmitter on
just to get a decent AF assist, though only the 420EX covers all 7
points of the EOS 30/33/Elan 7/7E/7. Also, didn't someone on this list
suggest taping a laser pointer to their camera? I wouldn't recommend
this approach if you do portraits, however, for fear of blinding your
subjects.
- Neil K.
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