Canon EOS-3 35mm Film Camera
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- Battery Type: Lithium Battery
- Film Type: 35mm
- Lens Mount: Canon EF
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Canon EOS-3
Pros
Fast, easy to use
Cons
Expensive, eye control focus not worth it
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
If the price is not a problem, this is a great camera.
I'll be the first to admit that I don't know an F-stop from a G-string, but even I can take very good, professional looking pictures with the Canon EOS-3
Before I started using this Canon, my brushes with a 35mm camera were confined to the throw away cameras that you can buy at the grocery store. (And I still think these are a good way to go when traveling, or when going to the beach...but I digress.) I always figured that a good camera was too expensive, too complicated, and just too much trouble.
I use the Canon EOS-3 at work. The pictures I take with it are generally in industrial settings - inside old, cavernous factories. The lighting is often dicey, and you can't always count on getting close to the equipment. This camera performs like a champ.
We use an additional flash attachment, which easily overcomes the greenish glow cast by fluorescent lamps common in factories and offices. I've also taken portraits with this for use in company publications, and they turn out very nicely.
Put this baby in autofocus, and, if you have a decent eye for composition, you can take great pictures. I really like the speed at which this camera focuses. I don't like the eye control feature, which basically tracks the movement of your eye, and focuses on the object at which you are looking. It slows me down, and it's just too spooky.
I also really like the feel of this camera. It is a little on the heavy side, but it feels very substantial. Again, in an industrial setting, the last thing I need is delicate equipment.
I've talked to professional photographer friends of mine that tell me this is a great camera in manual mode. I'm not good enough - yet - to to really judge the manual functions.
I recently interviewed for another job within my company, and I brought along some of the pictures I had taken with the Canon EOS-3. The interviewer asked if photography was a particular interest of mine - the photos were that good. In truth, I had to reply, "No, I just had really good equipment."
Before I started using this Canon, my brushes with a 35mm camera were confined to the throw away cameras that you can buy at the grocery store. (And I still think these are a good way to go when traveling, or when going to the beach...but I digress.) I always figured that a good camera was too expensive, too complicated, and just too much trouble.
I use the Canon EOS-3 at work. The pictures I take with it are generally in industrial settings - inside old, cavernous factories. The lighting is often dicey, and you can't always count on getting close to the equipment. This camera performs like a champ.
We use an additional flash attachment, which easily overcomes the greenish glow cast by fluorescent lamps common in factories and offices. I've also taken portraits with this for use in company publications, and they turn out very nicely.
Put this baby in autofocus, and, if you have a decent eye for composition, you can take great pictures. I really like the speed at which this camera focuses. I don't like the eye control feature, which basically tracks the movement of your eye, and focuses on the object at which you are looking. It slows me down, and it's just too spooky.
I also really like the feel of this camera. It is a little on the heavy side, but it feels very substantial. Again, in an industrial setting, the last thing I need is delicate equipment.
I've talked to professional photographer friends of mine that tell me this is a great camera in manual mode. I'm not good enough - yet - to to really judge the manual functions.
I recently interviewed for another job within my company, and I brought along some of the pictures I had taken with the Canon EOS-3. The interviewer asked if photography was a particular interest of mine - the photos were that good. In truth, I had to reply, "No, I just had really good equipment."
