Thanks - I knew Canon did one (or more) - but couldn'ty remember which body.
I was bidding on one on eB*y - but was outbid.
Allan
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>From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: Decision to switch systems.
>Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:19:54 -0500
>
>
>C@non calls it "eye-controlled autofocus". It was not implemented in
>any of their dSLRs. Initially available in the A2e, it is used in the
>Elan ?e series. Sorry, don't know the equivalent model numbers for
>outside the U.S. but the 'e/E' at the end of a model name indicates
>the camera has that feature. For each model that has the capability
>there is an equivalent model that does not.
>
>I had an Elan IIe and after experimenting with the feature for a while
>gave up because it slowed focusing too much for my uses.
>
>Clever engineering though.
>
>FWIW/ScottGee1
>
>On 11/3/06, Allan Mee <bigalsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Didn't C*non's (300D?) have an autofocus film (IIRC) camera that you
> > selected the focusing zone by eye? It had some kind of IR sensor in the
> > viewfinder to decide where in the frame you were looking and use the
> > appropriate AF element.
> > Allan
>
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