It also was available on IIRC the EOS-620 which was really early
in the EOS game. Unfortunately Canon was so brisk with camera
introductions in those days (hmm, sound familiar?) that it was
discontinued before the pipline could even get filled. A
pro-photographer friend got one and a few months later had it
stolen. He never could get another.
I was in camera sales at the time and I've got to admit that the
eye-control focus was one of the slickest features around. The
early multi-point AF systems didn't have the intelligence to
reliably figure out which point to use (talk about back-focus
issues) so the eye-control really came in handy.
AG
--- Marc Lawrence <MLawrence@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Allan Mee wrote:
> > Yeah knew C?non had such a thing [...] It looked like a nice
> > little toy to have a play with at a price that wouldn't
> > cripple if got stuck with it and couldn't sell it on if not
> > happy with it.
>
> I believe it came in on the 5(E?)/A2E, and also the 50E/Elan
> IIE, and
> was also available on its successor, the EOS 30/7E. It was
> available on the 3 to, which had 170 kajillion AF points
> (okay,
> 45, but it's still a lot :-)).
>
> You were never stuck with it - the cameras, and their AF
> points,
> worked as per the non ECF (Eye Control Focus) AF siblings if
> you
> switched it off.
>
> Oh, you also "trained" it for your eye.
>
> (I own a 50E, but never much used its ECF. Some people swore
> by
> it, particularly on the 3, though I believe some swore *at* it
> too. The 50E cost an extra $50 over the 50 at the time I
> bought
> it new, so it wasn't exactly hard for the salesman to
> "up-sell")
>
> Cheers,
> Marc
> Sydney, Oz
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