Canon EOS 300

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Canon EOS 300
Type 35mm SLR
Lens mount Canon EF lens mount
Focus TTL Phase Detection Autofocus (7 zone)
Exposure PASM autoexposure
35 zone evaluative metering
Flash Built-in flash
Frame rate 1.5 frame/s
Dimensions 140 x 90 x 58.5 mm, 335g[1]

The Canon EOS 300 (EOS Kiss III in Japan, EOS Rebel 2000 in North America)[2] is a consumer-level 35mm single-lens reflex camera, produced by Canon of Japan from April 1999 until September 2002 as part of their EOS system.[3] Designed under the supervision of Yasuhiro Morishita, the camera was intended as a replacement for the Canon EOS 500N.[4] The camera was a success for Canon, selling exceedingly well and dominating its market sector until it was replaced by the EOS 300V (Rebel Ti, Kiss 5).[5][6]

Like other low-priced SLRs of the time, the EOS 300 used a pentamirror viewfinder instead of a pentaprism, and had a polycarbonate body.[7]

The autofocus capabilities of this camera were identical to Canon's much more expensive Elan 7 with six single-line CMOS sensors surrounding a central cross-type sensor.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ EOS Kiss 3, specifications, Canon Camera Museum. Accessed on line February 22, 2008.
  2. ^ NK Guy (2007). Using the Canon EOS Rebel 2000/EOS 300/Kiss III/Kiss IIIL cameras - an unofficial manual. photonotes.org. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
  3. ^ Canon. EOS Kiss 3. Canon Camera Museum. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
  4. ^ Canon. Design Room: EOS Rebel 2000. Canon Camera Museum. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
  5. ^ Dennis, Matthew (2004). The PIP Expanded Guide to Canon EOS 300/Rebel 2000. Sterling. ISBN 1861083386. “… one of the most popular cameras ever …” 
  6. ^ p. 9, The PIP Expanded Guide to the Canon EOS 350D/Digital Rebel XT, James Beattie and Tracy Hallett, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2006, ISBN 186108482X.
  7. ^ Budget SLRs come into their own, Herbert Keppler, Popular Photography, February 2002. Accessed on line February 22, 2008.
  8. ^ PopPhoto staff (2001). CANON EOS Rebel 2000. Popular Photography magazine.
Canon EOS Film SLR Timeline
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 05-08
Professional 1 1N 1V
Prosumer 10/10S 5/A2/A2E 3
Advanced Amateur 650/620/630 100
Elan		 50/50E
Elan II/IIE
55		 30/33
Elan 7/7E
7		 30V/33V
Elan 7N/7NE
7s
Consumer 750QD
850		 1000F
Rebel S		 1000FN
Rebel S II		 500
Rebel XS
Kiss		 500N
Rebel G
New Kiss		 300
Rebel 2000
Kiss III		 300V
Rebel Ti
Kiss 5		 300X
Rebel T2
Kiss 7
Entry Level 5000
888		 3000
88		 3000N
Rebel XS N
66		 3000V
Rebel K2
Kiss Lite
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Canon SLR cameras and lens mounts
Lens Mount Series Model
R Flex (1959), R2000 (1960), RP (1961), RM (1962)
FL FX (1964), FP (1964), Pellix (1965), FT QL (1966), Pellix QL (1966), TL (1968)
FD F Amateur: FTb (1971), FTbn (1973), EF (1973), TLb (1974), TX (1975)
Professional: F-1(1971), F-1n (1976), New F-1 (1981)
A AE-1 (1976), AT-1 (1976), A-1 (1978), AV-1 (1979), AE-1 Program (1981), AL-1 (1982)
T T50 (1983), T70 (1984), T80 (1985), T90 (1986), T60 (1990)
EF / EF-S
1 EOS-1 (1989), EOS-1N (1994), EOS-1N RS (1995), EOS-1v (2001)

EOS 650 (1987), EOS 620 (1987), EOS 750QD (1988), EOS 850QD (1988), EOS 630QD (1989), EOS RT (1989), EOS 700QD (1989), EOS 10sQD (1990), EOS 1000F (1990), EOS 100 (1991), EOS EF-M (1991), EOS 5/5QD/A2/A2e (1992), EOS 1000FN (1992), EOS 500 (1993), EOS 888 (1993), EOS 50 (1995), EOS 500N (1996), EOS-3 (1998), EOS 88 (1999), EOS 300 (1999), EOS 30 (2000), EOS 3000N (2002), EOS 300V (2002), EOS 3000V (2003), EOS 30V (2004), EOS 300X (2004)
IX EOS IX, EOS IX Lite

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