Eye Controlled Focus ????

[pavlovich]

Greetings all,

I would like to enter the world of SLR-style digital photography, but I have one reservation: I am addicted to the eye-focus feature of my EOS-3 and A2E Canon cameras.

Does anyone know if Canon has any plans to produce a Digital SLR type product which includes this wonderful feature?

Any input on this topic is most greatly appreciated!

Regards,

Peter Pavlovich
ppavlovich@yahoo.com

[wlahc1]

I dont think that there will be one, not for the "pro" sld's. I belive that when you to the level of pro camera's its not really needed, the resaon why i say this is that because, if they were goign to ad it, i think at least they would have put it on the d30, or at least the d60, but no such luck, on a side note. I personally feel I am a better photogropher with out the eye control. I user to user it but then i stoped and it really made me concentrate more on my shots and compistion of them. Well that is my opion anyways.
bobby

[tbsteph]

Any thoughts about "eye" controlled focus for the digital age? My Elan (film) camera had this feature and worked quite well.

[Mark II]

If Canon implements "Eye control focus" on any of thier new dslrs, I'll never upgrade again. I cant afford a divorce.

[runninmann]

They haven't added it in the nine years since this thread started.;):)

[Sp1207]

Which is unfortunate for their stockholders, since it would make me firesale whatever I have now so I could afford an ECF model.

[scubthebub]

They had it on a film camera, the Canon EOS Elan IIe (e is eye control). According to the Amazon description:

"It is slightly different from the EOS Elan II in that it features eye-controlled focus. This allows the user to control the point of focus by looking at specific parts of the image; an onboard sensor follows eye movement and the lens automatically changes focus as the eye moves to points within the frame."
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Elan-IIe-35mm-Camera/dp/B00004TH9M

I remember because I had the non "e" version. IIRC there was a calibration that you had to do first.

[KaiserSose]

Sorry, not me. I have a couple of Elan2e's Elan7's, and EOS3, and didn't like or use it in any of 'em.

Thanks but no thanks

[gotaudi]

This is amusing....

[shaftmaster]

I had an Elan IIe and the eye control worked pretty well. But the Elan IIe only had 3 AF points, so my guess is that eye control would be less accurate on a camera with more AF points.

[stevemacko]

The best part is the OP has only 1 post! I guess he wasn't too happy about the lack of eye controlled focus... He never came back.

[TooManyShots]

Hahahaha.....who revived this thread??? :)

[Mark II]

Any thoughts about "eye" controlled focus for the digital age? My Elan (film) camera had this feature and worked quite well.
He did it ... not me! lol

[JOSX2]

zombie thread!!

[Tony-S]

The two things I have on my EOS 3 that I wish were on my 5Dii are eye control focus and automatic depth of field aperture control. They are both fabulous.

[apersson850]

I have eye control in my EOS 30. Works very well. Would be even more valuable in a 7D, which has 19 points, not just seven, as in the EOS 30.