| Field-test of the Canon EOS 300
AF 35mm SLR camera. Canon's recently introduced entry-level camera, the EOS 88, which replaced the older EOS 888 model, has the same features as found in the slightly upmarket EOS 500N camera but at a lower retail price. With the difference in prices, it was not a surprise that the EOS 500N has been targeted for an upgrade. The replacement for the 500N is none other than the new Canon EOS 300 model, an entry-level camera that uses a CMOS chip in place of the more familiar BASIS version found in all the other EOS models except for the EOS-3. You have to admit that the new EOS 300 is very compact for an AF 35mm SLR camera with a built-in flash. Despite its compactness, the new EOS has lots of features that will tempt even the professionals and advanced amateurs.
As with all the other entry-level EOS models produced by Canon from 1991 onwards, the new EOS 300 camera comes with a plastic lens mount which is quite sturdy and able to withstand attachments of single focal length EF lenses up to 200mm or any EF zooms having the 300mm range.
The built-in pop-up flash is a single, non-zoom unit that has a guide number of 12 (ISO 100, metres) and has a coverage equivalent to a 28mm lens' angle-of-view. The built-in flash pops up automatically when the EOS 300 is used in the Full Auto or some of the selected Programmed Image Control (PIC) shooting modes.
When used in the camera's Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Programmed AE or Manual Exposure modes, you have to activate the flash by pressing the button located on the front left side of the EOS 300, next to its model logo. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . |
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