> When Canon introduced the EOS, it > was VERY ground breaking; no one had anything like it, > and AF was in it's infancy.
No it wasn't. The first EOS was the EOS 650, introduced in March 1987. Canon was the third major manufacturer to switch to AF, after Minolta and Nikon, not the first. I would say the first EOS wasn't introduced until AF had become mainstream. And at first, the only result was voiciferous complaining and an exodus of longtime FD users. The EOS line didn't really start to gain any momentum until the 630 came out, and it didn't make any impression on pros until the EOS-1, which was an AF adaptation of the T-90, arrived in the Fall of '89. --Mike
