Canon EOS
EOS is also the name of the goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, which further signifies the design's generational stature.
It competes primarily with the Nikon F series and its successors, as well as autofocus SLR systems from Olympus Corporation, Pentax, Sony/Minolta, and Panasonic/Leica.
Breaking compatibility with the earlier FD mount, it was designed with no mechanical linkages between moving parts in the lens and in the camera.
It also introduced the A-TTL (Advanced TTL) system for better flash exposure in program mode, using infrared preflashes to gauge subject distance.
This used a pre-flash for advanced metering, and used the autofocus system to judge where the main subject was for more accurate exposure.
The Off-Camera Shoe Cord is popular among portrait photographers who need to have more control over lighting than a camera mounted flash can offer.
In the 1990s, Canon worked with Kodak to produce digital camera bodies, starting with the EOS DCS 3 in 1995.
Through the tracking of eyeball movements, EOS cameras equipped with eye-controlled focusing (ECF) (some identifiable by the suffix E) were able to select the desired autofocus point in the scene, based on where the user was looking in the viewfinder frame.
The QCD is used for quick access to often-used functions that would otherwise require a more complicated procedure of button presses and dial clicks.
Autofocus is a camera's ability to focus a lens automatically on an object by pressing down on the shutter button.
[4] The following EOS cameras feature such a system, with 61 points unless otherwise indicated: The release of the 5D Mark III gave Canon the lead once again in this category; previously, its top-line cameras had 45 AF points,[12] which led the industry until Nikon released its D3 and D300 DSLRs with 51-point AF systems.
A higher number of AF points increases the chances of a sharply focused photograph in situations where the subject travels across the frame at high speeds (e.g. sports, wildlife).
Most Canon DSLRs introduced since late 2005, starting from the EOS 20D and the Rebel XTi (400D), feature a nine-point AF system in a diamond-shape formation.
The EOS 70D, released in August 2013, inherited the 7D's 19-point layout, but with fewer AF control options.
This is a list of the 35 mm Film and APS Canon EOS models in order of introduction: Prior to the introduction of the EOS D30 digital SLR, Kodak produced four digital SLRs also sold under the Canon brand.
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