Current maintainer Bob Atkins (version 2.0 and up)
Internet e-mail address [bobatkins]-[at]-[hotmail.com]
Original maintainer Alvin Shih (up to version 1.8)
Internet e-mail address acs@cs.utoronto.ca
This is an attempt to address various questions about the Canon
EOS camera system. It makes no attempt to address any questions
about the FD-mount cameras.
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ought to keep the lawyers away! :-).
This information is derived from postings on the net as well as
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Bob Atkins Robert French Paul Repacholi
Changhao Boh Al Goldis Barry Sherman
Harald Brandt Thomas Greve Alvin Shih
Jim Cathey Robert Groom Peter Shizgal
Mike Coren Ralph Jenson Benson Wen
Per Danielsson Stephen Page Chuck Westfall
Christian Decurnex Laszek Mazur Uli Bodenhausen
Panos Tsirigotis Brett Cheng
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