The Canon EOS FAQ
The original EOS FAQ started out on Usenet - before the days of the WWW - and evolved as far as version 2.4 around 1994. That document is archived here but is not updated.
After 1994 no "official" EOS FAQ was developed, but a loose series of articles was collected together as a sort of FAQ version 3.0. It is far from complete, but nevertheless contains much useful information and is presented here as an archive. Note also the EOS Wiki on this website, which is a form of user contributed FAQ.
If you are looking for reviews and information on Canon EOS lenses and Speedlites, try the REVIEWS section of this website If you are looking for reviews and information on Canon digital cameras, try the DIGITAL section. Also don't forget this site has a SEARCH engine.
EOS FAQ v2.4 (1984-1994)
EOS FAQ v3.0 (1994 - ?)
[Note: "PR" = press release]- Bodies
- Speedlites
- Lenses
- Miscellanous
Bodies
- EOS 20D Preview - announced 08/2004
- EOS Digital Rebel XT Preview - announced 02/05
- EOS Elan 7N/7NE preview - announced 02/2004
- EOS 1D Mark II preview - announced 02/2004
- EOS-1n RS - Features and comparison to EOS-1n and A2/E - PR
- EOS/DCS 3 - Digital version of EOS-1n - PR (1st EOS DSLR, 1995)
- Elan II(E) description - PR
- EOS 500 (Rebel XS) specifications
- Differences between Elan and Elan II(E)
- Elan II(E) Flash System - PR
- Elan II(E) film transport system
- BP50 and BP5 battery packs - PR
Speedlites (flash)
- 380EX Flash - PR
- 380EX Flash Specifications
- 540EZ Flash - PR
- 580ex speedlite - announced 08/2004
- Comparison of EOS Speedlites 200E, 300EZ, 430EZ, 540EZ
- More on the 540EZ (including noises!)
- A flash FAQ for the Elan II series bodies [much of the info also applicable to other EOS bodies]
- An extensive comparison of speedlite features (an offsite link to Dave Herzstein's page)
- The E-TTL II system - announced 02/2004
Lenses
- New Lenses 300/4L IS, 200/2.8L II . 24-85/3.5-4.5 USM - PMA 1977 PR
- 10-22, 17-85 and 18-55 EF-S lenses - announced 08/2004
- New "L" USM lenses (17-35/2.8, 135/2, 180/3.5 and 400/2.8 II) - PR
- EF70-210/2.8L - PR
- EF35-80 III, EF75-300 USM II and EF80-200 II - PR
- 75-300 IS lens - PR
- EF28/1.8 - PR
- EF28-80III - PR
- Telephoto Lenses for EOS
- Close-up lens and Extension tube information tables
- More information on macro work with EOS lenses
- EF 28-300/3.5-5.6L IS USM preview - announced 02/2004
- EF 70-300/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM preview - announced 02/2004
Miscellaneous
- Canon Technical Reports on cameras and lenses
- Canon Acronyms and abreviations
- Battery drain during long exposures
- Exposure Compensation for A2/A2E/5 with TCs
- Autofocus with the EOS-3
- Underwater Housings for EOS bodies
- Telephoto lenses for EOS cameras - rewritten 07/22/04
- Using manual focus lenses on EOS bodies - updated 01/08/05
- Canon Date Codes
- How to get Canon literature
- An EOS bar code generation program
If you have a question that isn't covered in any of the articles, try asking it in the Canon EOS forum here.
If you are looking for reviews of Canon EOS lenses, try the reviews section of this website and if you are looking for reviews and information on Canon digital cameras, try the digital section.
Finally Canon (Japan) has a Camera Museum site with images and brief technical specs on every camera they have ever made! I wish more manufacturers would copy this museum idea, it's a very useful resource for both collectors and those who can't afford the latest cameras.
