my dad used to have a CANON film SLR...about 10 years ago.
I remember 1 feature very well, its the pupil tracking focus system.
I thought it was the coolest thing ever because I can just look in the viewfinder to pin point where I wanted my focus point to be. Did CANON ever use that technology/feature on any of the DSLR?


thanks

 

From what I know, I havent seen that since the 90's

 

Not in any dslrs or even in any of their newer film slrs that I've seen.

 

thanks...I don't know why they got rid of that. I thought it was a great feature.

 

because it was buggy and success rate was very low.

 

Last camera i know with it was the elan 7E the E stood for eyefocus

 

I had two, the Elan IIe and EOS 3. They were pretty reliable in tracking where I was looking at. However this feature slows down the focus time. The camera needs to determine where you are looking first before it starts the autofocus. It is much easier and faster to aim with the center sensor, lock the focus and exposure, and re-compose.

 

cool. thanks for the info. i always thought it was an awesome feature and wondered why I don't see that on SLR anymore.

 

yeah, my EOS 3 had it. it didn't work so well if you had glasses on.

 

I have the elan IIe. Works fine w. glasses, but you do have to follow the calibration instructions. Useful for off-center focusing, as opposed to the slow focus, hold, compose.