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Subject: [OM] Re: Decision to switch systems.
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 23:22:45 -0500
The 620 did not have ECF.  It was introduced in '87 and was the second EOS body.

The EOS A2E/5/5 QD were introduced in '92 and were the first to offer ECF:

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/1992-1996/data/1992_eos5_qd.html

ScottGee1

On 11/4/06, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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

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