Ultra-Compact, lightweight and high-quality SLR camera.
Successor to New EOS Kiss/REBEL G/500N. Based on the concept of
“easier to use and more comfortable” than the former model, it is
smaller and lighter weight. It also has a higher performance AF
system, exposure control and other basic features. A seven
focusing-point wide-view AF system is used instead of the
conventional three focusing-point AF. The focusing speed is
equivalent to that of the EOS 55/ELAN II E/50E. This camera has
35-zone evaluative metering instead of the conventional 6-zone
metering, E-TTL flash exposure control linked to an active
focusing point, and other basic features, such as easy depth of
field preview , higher speed of 1.5 fps film advance, shorter
viewfinder black-out time, mid-roll film rewind button and a
wireless remote control (Japanese model only). The camera is
compact, but the command dial, the main dial, an external LCD
display, and a small, yet comfortable grip ensure a good handling
of the camera. The camera body is two-tone silver and black. The
Battery Pack PB-200 for size-AA batteries with a vertical-grip
shutter button is separately available System TTL-SIR system with
a seven focusing-point wide-view CMOS sensor (five horizontal
points (||+||) and two vertical points above and below center
point(=)) (TTL secondary image phase differential detection)
Focusing modes: Automatic selection by the camera according to
shooting mode between one- AF and One- AF/Predictive AI
servo AF (one- AF for stationary subjects; Predictive AI
servo AF for moving subjects until they are in focus). Manual
focusing is possible. Focusing point selection: Manual or
automatic focusing point selection in P, Tv, Av, and M shooting
modes. Automatic selection in other modes. With manual focusing
point selection, focusing is done at the selected point. With
automatic focusing point selection and one- AF, the nearer
subject has a higher priority. With automatic selection and AI
servo AF, once a moving subject is in focus, the same focusing
point is active for focusing while the subject is moving. The
vertical and horizontal positions of the camera are detected to
optimize the algorithm for automatic focusing point selection.
Focusing point indicator: On the external LCD panel and LCD in
the viewfinder. AF in-focus indicator: On the external LCD panel
and LCD in the viewfinder, and beeper. The beeper can be turned
on or off. AF operating range: EV1-18 (ISO 100). AF-assist beam:
Intermittent flash firing; flash side AF-assist beam with EX/EZ/Z
series flash Shutter Vertical-travel, focal-plane electronic
shutter. 30 sec.-1/2000sec. (1/2 stop increment), B, X=1/90 sec.
Electronic self-timer (10 sec.), cancelable on the halfway.
Camera-shake warning: In the basic Zone mode, if the shutter
speed is slower than “1/lens focal length” minus 0-0.5 stop, the
shutter speed display blinks for camera-shake warning. Viewfinder
Fixed eye-level pentaprism. Magnification: 0.7x. Vertical and
horizontal coverage: 90%. Standard diopter: -1 diopter with
18.5mm eye . Standard eye cup: Eb. Quick return half
mirror. Depth of field preview. Angle Finder B, Magnifier S,
rubber frame Eb, Diopter Correction Lens E, and Eye Piece
Extender EP- EX15 are available as eyepiece accessories. External
LCD Shutter speed/ISO speed display, aperture/red-eye
reduction/beeper/AEB a, ISO icon, manual focus icon,
focusing point indicator, frame counter/multiple
exposure/self-timer indicator, exposure scale/exposure
level/exposure compensation/manual exposure/AEB a indicator,
battery icon/battery level, film status icon/film-loaded/film
rewind-completed indicator, function indicators for red-eye
reduction, beeper, multiple exposure, AEB. Metering & Exposure
Control 35-zone SPC, TTL metering at maximum aperture. Metering
system: Evaluative metering. Partial metering at the center
(about 9.5% of viewfinder screen). Center-weighted averaging
(automatic setting in manual exposure mode). Shooting modes:
Intelligent program AE (shiftable), shutter-priority AE,
aperture-priority AE, automatic DEP, full-auto (intelligent
program AE/not shiftable),programmed image control modes
(portrait/landscape/close-up/sports/night scene), E-TTL/A-TTL/TTL
program flash AE, metered manual. Metering range: EV2-20 (50mm
f/1.4, ISO 100). Out-of-coupling range warning: Digital display
on the external LCD panel and LCD in the viewfinder. ISO film
speed range: ISO 25-6400, set automatically with DX-coded film in
1/3-stop increments. ISO 6-6400, set manually in 1/3-stop
increments. Exposure compensation: AEB (+/-2 stops in 1/2-stop
increments,, in sequence of center exposure, underexposure and
overexposure), manual setting (+/-2 stops in 1/2-stop
increments), AE lock. Multiple exposure: Up to nine multiple
exposures. Automatic cancellation after shooting and cancelable
on the halfway. Power Source Two 3V CR2 lithium batteries.
Inserted into the grip from the bottom. The battery level is
shown in four steps on the external LCD panel.