sergi_arbos

Hello,

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I've just bought a second hand Eos300 as a second body; Yesterday I

tried the Battery pack in order to use standard AA batteries and I

noticed a quite curious thing: It remembered the frame and

everithing... fine, but when i switch back to CR2 batteries I forgot

to turn off the camera main dial... it was out of film so I can't say

about frame number, but it had turned on the autofocus *BEEP*, which

i had turned off... I'll try if it remembers my last Tv or Av set,

but I won't dare to do it with a film in to check if remembers the

frame number! :P

Just a statement: (from 1990 until nowadays)

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1(x) cameras are pro.

One digit cameras (Eos 5,3) are semipro.

Two digit cameras (Eos 10,50,30) are advanced amateur models.

Three digit cameras (Eos 100,500,500n,300) are for novice amateur /

advanced beginer.

Four digit cameras (Eos 1000,5000,3000) are for the beginer.

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(of course you can be a rich novice who owns a Eos1v and you can be a

pro who owns a 500n as a lightweight "just in case" compatible body).

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This is the reason why EOS-30 (Elan7) dosen't has a spot metering

like the Eos5, or other "top" features... I you want a pro-capable

body... pay for it! :-)

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I own a 5 and a 300 as a second body... I would like to buy the 3...

but I'm afraid I will only be able to afford the 30 :-(

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btw: Eos 300 autofocus sensors are placed in 3 rows: 1 horitzontal in

first, 2 vertical one cross and 2 vertical in the second one and

another horitzontal sensor in the last row. Like a cross. I supouse

it will be the same in E30...(I've seen a couple of posts saying

strange things...).

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Sergi