michael_gordon1 Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Just got this: ----------EOS-MAIL---------- MAILING No. 48 9 February 2004 ----------CANON LAUNCHES NEW FILM CAMERA---------- Hard on the heels of the digital EOS 1D Mark II, announced at the end of last month, comes a new EOS film camera. The EOS 30V Date is an updated EOS 30. Improvements include a faster autofocus, an E-TTL flash metering system which now takes note of the subject distance, a film advance speed of 4 fps (maximum), and a backlit LCD display. The camera comes with a quartz-date back as standard. The EOS 30V date will be available from April 2004 in a kit (with EF 28-105mm f4-5.6 lens) at a recommended retail price of £499.99. Further details and a full specification are available on the EOS magazine website www.eos-magazine.com ----------EOS-MAIL---------- Eos-mail is a free e-mail newsletter, written by Robert Scott Publishing Limited, publishers of EOS magazine. All trademarks and registered names are acknowledged. Information is provided in good faith - the publisher accepts no liability for any errors or omissions; data is subject to change. Please check specifications and other data with Canon or your photo dealer before making any purchase of products featured here. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed online at our web site www.eos-magazine.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizensmith1664875108 Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Oh joy, Quartz Date back as standard. Now there's a feature you wish you didn't have to pay for. :) And they are kitting it with the crappy version of the 28-105. Ah well, at least it will quiet a few folks begging for info. Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar_torres Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Well the release also states that the AF is on par with the EOS 1v/3, uses E-TTL II, and has a better viewfinder. Which are the real improvements although not many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar_torres Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Forgot to include this: click <A HREF="http://www.eos-magazine.com/News_47_EOS30V.html"><B>Here</B></A> to go the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liem_phan Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Still no spot meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phule Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 <p> <a href="http://www.canoneos.com/elan7n/index.html">http://www.canoneos.com/elan7n/index.html</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark u Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 E=TTL II - as I predicted. I guess this will spread to the DSLRs as they are replaced. Still the strobing AF assist from the popup flash though. Faster AF, but nice question what low light AF performance is like, and whether a HP/f/8 sensor is lurking... Is the fact that the Date calendar runs out on 31 Dec, 2019 significant? Manual available from caononeos.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_katz1 Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 "<i>Oh joy, Quartz Date back as standard. Now there's a feature you wish you didn't have to pay for. :)</i>"<p> Wow - all they have to do now is add an equally-useless panoramic mode, and they can call it a Pentax! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Dose new E-TTL II need a new flash? Or will the current EX series work? Glad it's not silver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark u Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 You don't need a new EX speedlite for E-TTL II - just a compatible lens that reports focus distance to get the best out of it (most regular Canon primes are not E-TTL II compatible, neither are cheap zooms and several other lenses). The new bodies retain the ability to use the older series speedlites as well (EZ, etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppyDigs Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 The date feature is beloved in many parts of the world, especially Japan. However, Canon knows there are lots of date and ECF haters in North America and hence North American gets 3 choices instead of one or two: Elan 7N, 7NE and 7NE Date. Sometimes the light’s all shining on me. Other times I can barely see. - Robert Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick_canis Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 date model is always standard in japan.. everyone knows that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harman_bajwa Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 "North American gets 3 choices instead of one or two: Elan 7N, 7NE and 7NE Date" Not wanting to kick up another discussion, but if Canon has to make it an option at all, plain mathematics demands that there be 4 instead of 3: Elan 7N and 7N Date, 7NE and 7NE Date (What if a user does not want ECF but wants Date ? ). - Harman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyunyu Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Canon's press release for the Elan 7N/NE gave an interesting and illuminating tidbit at the end: "Canon Inc. achieved global revenues of $29.9 billion in 2003; $9.8 billion of which came from Canon Americas." I'm assuming Canon Americas include all of the US, Canada, Mexico, and South American countries. So, 67% of their revenue came from the rest of the world. I wonder what percentage of it came from just Japan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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