As we come to the end of this article, I would like to point out several things to the photo enthusiasts who owns the EOS-3 camera, don't be scared out of your wits with the numerous features that are packed into this camera. It does not matter whether you know how to utilize all or very little of the fatures in the beginning stages of your ownership as they can be mastered over time. Using your EOS-3 on a regular basis will help you acquire the confidence needed to use any of the camera's features. Of course, knowing how effective the EOS-3's features can be in getting the shots would also help to build up your confidence. There's a huge difference in having the confidence that the pictures will be perfect each time you are shooting compared to not knowing at all. With such knowledge at your disposal, it will indeed make you a better photographer the next time you are face with a similar situation. As stated earlier, there are professional photographers who don't like the ECF feature and some amateur users who have problems in using it. Even though I have a slight problem with the ECF of the EOS-3 unit I am using, the automatic AF-point selection can still work wonders at times, like these indoor photos of Hong Kong's reigning Queen of Cantopop, Sammi Cheng, in her Year 2000 I-Concert staged at Malaysia's premier theme park, Genting Highlands. Sammi with her back-up dancers With another male dancer in the foreground     Partially blocked by her backup dancer Backlit spotlight did not fool the Evaluative meter Believe it or not, all of the camera's 45-point AF was activated for this concert. As for how I have managed to get the lens to focus on the singer herself rather than having the AF locked onto the backup dancers, it was a case of not placing any part of the camera's Area AF ellipse on the dancers but on the singer. How did I do that? I simply slanted the camera angle so the Area AP ellipse would not cover any of the backup dancers and locked onto the Cantopop Queen instead., including the vertical shot where one of them was blocking out most of the singer. As for the final shot, I like to shoot my photos with backlighting effect, so when the spotlight was shone against Sammi and her male dancers, I made sure the Area AF ellipse only covered her alone and ignored everyone else including the spotlight, for the EOS-3 to get the exposure right! I only got two shots because that's how long the pose lasted. Text and photos by Philip Chong. Copyright 2000 by Canon Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 .