Did somebody say something about a Digital EOS 3????

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

I could have swore I read something about this, but can't find it. I believe someone mentioned it will be Canon's newest development but they are waiting for Nikon to make a move. Anyone know anything?

pyrocasto · Posted: Dec 08, 2004 6:41 pm Post subject:

Havent hear anything yet. Confused

RD · Addict Joined: 22 Apr 2003 Posts: 626 City: Discovery Bay

That rumor started big time right before Photokina and is still floating around. A major Canon development Exec. was interviewed during Photokina and said that Canon's long term plan was centered around 1.6X, 1.3X and FF sensors with the gist of that being that 1.6X sensors were here to stay (so go ahead and buy those ef-s lenses!). He also said that Canon wanted to maintain a large & clear cost/feature differential between their 3 current levels (1Ds series, 1D series and 20D/Rebel series) which doesn't bode well for an EOS3 style body (which would really close the gap between the 20D and 1DmkII). I for one would buy a EOS3 style body in a NY minute for $2500.00. I think (as you say) that Nikon will have more to say about this then anything else.

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

Rich, help me out here.

What's the difference (besides the obvious magnification factor) of 1.6, 1.3 and FF? Is FF and equal sensor (no magnification)?

The 20D is 1.3 right? and lower models have 1.6, right?

What are EF-S lenses? How do they differ compared to the rest of the canon eos line?

If/when they due produce an D-EOS 3, what cababilities are we talking about? Pixels, fps, sensors etc.

Any help is appreciated, I've always maintained pretty true to 35mm SLR's but with the 20D out, I think I may need a new toy, and I'm just trying to educate myself.

Nephilim · Addict Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 658 City: Ephrata, WA

jryoung

the 20d is still 1.6 crop factor

the EF-S line of lenses are designed only for digital camrea the only camera that they will work on right now are the digital rebel and the 20d. Im not sure exactly about all the differnce i think that they help with back focus and work better with the smaller sensor size, they also come in a wide 35mm equivalent so that you will get true wide lenses with your crop factors.

RD · Addict Joined: 22 Apr 2003 Posts: 626 City: Discovery Bay

Nobody knows exactly what an EOS 3D might be. Best guess would be a 1.3X sized sensor and more of the features of the 1D mkII in a 20D sized body. Ef-s lenses have a physically different mount than the ef series. Canon shrunk the mirror box and sensor slightly from the 10D when they designed that mount into the 20/D & Rebel. It allows the lens to get closer to the sensor and thus Canon can make ef-s lenses physically smaller and yet wider too, such as the 10-22 and 17-85 ef-s lenses.

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

Rich, So are there any performance issues with using traditional EOS lenses on say a 20D? Would it be better to use a S lens on a digital?

RD · Addict Joined: 22 Apr 2003 Posts: 626 City: Discovery Bay