eos 1 V, N, HS?

[hans_scholliers]

Can anyone explain to me what the "V", "N" and "HS" mean for the eos

1 body?

[panos_voudouris]

V is the latest version, N was the previous one.

 

Both of them come in their plain or HS version which stands for High Speed. HS models come with the power drive booster which in the 1V-HS increases the frame rate to 10fps. You can always buy the V or N and then buy the booster separately, in which case the only difference between the 1V-HS and the 1V with the booster bought separately is the logo at the front of the camera.

[niklas_nikitin]

Eos 1 is the "father" to the Eos 1 pro family. The camera was released in September 1989.

 

Eos 1n is an updated Eos 1, and it was released November 1994.

Eos 1n has depending on which battery pack/motors that is using different name:

Eos 1n DP, uses the duel battery pack BP-E1

Eos 1n HS, uses the motor PB-E1

 

Eos 1n RS is special models that is based on Eos 1n, but have a fixed, semi-transparent pellicle mirror, and have continuous shooting speed of 10 fps. The Eos 1n RS was released in March 1995.

 

Eos 1v is the latest/present camera in the Eos 1 family; the camera was released in March 2000. If you connect the motor PB-E1 to an Eos 1v, then you have an Eos 1v HS.

[athinkle]

Any clue why they no longer offer the pellicle mirror? Seemed like a fine idea, although I've never had the opportunity to test one.

[christopher_bibbs]

<a href=http://photonotes.org/cgi-bin/entry.pl?id=Pelliclemirror>Photonotes</a> sums it up best:<p>

Pellicle mirror cameras have two drawbacks. First, the mirror must be kept scrupulously clean because light passes through it to the film surface. Second, because some of the light is being diverted up to the viewfinder there?s less light available to the film. Pellicle mirrors typically cost 2/3 stop of light and the viewfinder is also a bit dimmer.

[robin_sibson1]

Niklas, the PB-E2 came out with the EOS-3 in ?1998 and is the preferred PB for the 1v. A 1vHS is the 1v+PB-E2 combination.

 

The first pellicle mirror camera was the Pellix, in 1965. I had one for about six years. Loss of light to both film and finder, and reduction in image quality, were apparent by comparison with the conventional-mirror FT that was otherwise pretty much equivalent. The reason for using a pellicle mirror in the 1nRS is usually thought to have been solely to achieve high frame rate - wasn't there a special F-1 that did 14fps by using a pellicle mirror? With the 1vHS capable of 10fps, Canon probably saw little need for a pellicle version. There are a few devotees for the 1nRS and the earlier EOS-RT, but as a former user of a pellicle-mirror camera, I can tell you that it would have no attractions for me.