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- From: acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih)
- Subject: Re: Elan "better" than 10s?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.200702.24735@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- References: <C09HMu.JJJ.2@cs.cmu.edu> <1993Jan3.224644.1001@colorado.edu>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 01:07:02 GMT
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- In <1993Jan3.224644.1001@colorado.edu> panos@burton.cs.colorado.edu (Panos Tsirigotis) writes:
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- [...]
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- >Finally, here are some features that are missing from both cameras:
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- >2) Use of the analog exposure scale in manual mode
- > I am really perplexed about this one. Although both the 10s
- > and the Elan have an analog exposure scale, they don't use
- > it in manual mode. Instead they use '+','-' to indicate
- > how to adjust exposure (when both '+' and '-' light up
- > you have reached the correct exposure). The only models
- > that do use the exposure scale in manual mode are the EOS-1
- > and the Rebel (but not the Rebel II). And the use of the QCD
- > coupled with the exposure scale make manual mode very easy
- > to use plus you can tell by how much you are under/over exposing
- > if you need to do this.
- > BTW, the A2 also uses the +,- method (if it used the exposure
- > scale in manual mode I would have bought it despite the price
- > difference from the Elan).
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- The 10s doesn't have an exposure scale in the viewfinder.
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- I'm beginning to think that the folks at Canon are being a little too
- protective of their EOS 1. Instead of improving the EOS 1, they put
- silly design limitations into their newer bodies. The exposure scale
- is one example. Not offering to support AA's on the A2/E is another.
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- I hope Canon will someday realize that not everyone has the money to
- spend on an EOS 1. I think an Elan with an exposure scale for metered
- manual mode would really clean up in terms of market share. (However,
- some might point out that Canon would only be hurting other Japanese
- camera companies and that there are no antitrust laws in Japan...)
-
- ACS
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