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Canon Japan announce development of EOS Digital

Feb 4, 2000 at 04:00:00 GMT

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Canon Japan has now confirmed (and here in English) what we've already seen, the development of an EOS Digital SLR camera, the press release offers little more to what we've already gleaned: a 3+ megapixel CCD, Canon-EF lens mount, Canon-EF lenses. Expected "Sale Time" Autumn 2000. They also include a calendar of dates when the reference camera will be exhibited.

Exhibition	Date	Location
CeBIT	Feb 24 - March 1	Hannover, Germany
Japanese Camera Show	March 3 - March 5	Tokyo - Ikebukuro
IPPF	March 9 - March 11	Tokyo - Ikebukuro
Japanese Camera Show	March 17 - March 19	Osaka - Mydome
Japanese Camera Show	April 7 - April 9	Nagoya - Fukiage Hall

Here's what we've already worked out about this camera:

Digital SLR based on Canon EOS body (not sure exactly WHICH body)
Full TTL viewfinder
Large rear LCD
Large top information LCD
AF-assist Beam
Multiple drive modes
AF / WB lock
Full range of AE modes: Program, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Manual, Auto Depth of Field mode
Full range of programmed AE modes: Portrait, Sports, Macro, Night Scene, Landscape
Rolling rear command wheel
Rolling top command wheel
Area focus points, AE-Lock
Built-in pop-up flash
Playback Zoom / Thumbnails / Info Display / Image Erase