At 8:22 AM -0700 6/6/05, Michael Craghead wrote:
Does anyone have an opinion on why Canon has not
embrased ECF on their digital cameras? They seemed to
have been going in that direction with their film
cameras but have not seemed to have much interest
since the push to digital. Is there a technical reason
for this or is it just a cost cutting measure? I, for
one, think it would be a nice feature to have provided
that it works well. Any other opinions? Thanks.
Michael K. Craghead
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I've had an EOS3 since they came out, and I agree, the 45 point ECF
is not very workable. However, I've set mine on 11 point focus and it
works fine, even with changing glasses, vertical, whatever. I leave
it on most of the time.
The main thing my 20D lacks is a reasonable viewfinder. The EOS3
finder isn't as good as ones like the Olympus OM-1 or Pentax MX, but
it's hugely better. If Canon put out a 30D with somewhat uprated
sensor and noise control, but especially a finder like the EOS3,
complete with ECF, I'd run out and buy it immediately. FF doesn't
interest me; I've got enough large and heavy cameras if I want
excercise, but a decent viewfinder would be heaven!
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