On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Mike Johnston wrote: > > 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.
Since the first genuine AF camera system (Minolta Maxxum 7000) came out in 1985, if memory serves, I'd say that a camera that appeared in 1987 was still in the infancy of AF. I haven't read the post to which Mike is responding, but it seems to be that the EOS *was* very ground-breaking. Canon wasn't the first company to introduce AF, but, when they did, they did away with mechanical lens interfaces entirely by introducing a completely electronic mount, which was unheard of. *And* they put the focusing motor in their lenses, not in their bodies, which helped to keep focusing quieter and, probably, quicker. How is this move not revolutionary? chris
