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Canon EOS Rebel 2000

35mm AF film SLR camera

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Specification

Production details:
Announced:April 1999
Also known as:Canon EOS 300
Canon EOS Kiss III
System:● Canon EOS (1987)
Imaging plane:
Maximum format:35mm full frame
Mount and Flange focal distance:Canon EF [44mm]
Imaging plane:36 × 24mm film
Shutter:
Type:Focal-plane
Model:Electronically controlled
Speeds:30 - 1/2000 + B
Exposure:
Exposure metering:Through-the-lens (TTL), open-aperture
Exposure modes:Programmed Auto
Aperture-priority Auto
Shutter-priority Auto
Manual
Physical characteristics:
Weight:335g
Dimensions:140x90x58.5mm

Manufacturer description #1

March 11, 1999

Canon Introduces The EOS 300 SLR Camera

Canon has added the high performance ultra-compact EOS 300, with a stylish silver two toned body, to its popular EOS range of SLR cameras.

Offering attractive features such as seven focusing points, improved AF speed, 35 zone exposure sensor, 1.5 FPS film advance, shorter prewind time, midroll rewind button, depth-of-field preview and shorter view finder blackout time (approximately 250ms).

The EOS 300 is on a par with other highly specified SLR cameras in its class.

Focusing

Similar to the EOS 3 the EOS 300 uses a newly developed CMOS sensor and features seven focusing points of which five are in a horizontal line across the centre of the frame with one above and below the middle point, which uses a high performance cross type AF sensor, this enables the camera to focus on-off center subjects. Point selection is automatic, with the camera using an intelligent system to select the most appropriate focus point. The focusing point can also be selected manually, which is useful when there are multiple subjects in the viewfinder and the photographer wants to emphasize just one of them.

An in-focus indicator is included on the viewfinder and an audible AF confirmation beeper is selectable from the LCD panel. The beeper can be enabled or disabled in all picture-taking modes.

Two focusing modes are available -

One shot AF and AI servo with predictive AF.

One shot AF focuses the lens and is ideal for static or slow moving objects. For action photography the camera senses the subject is moving and switches to AI servo.

The camera will then follow the subject and anticipate its position at the movement of exposure. Manual focus is also possible.

Automatic Exposure

Exposure metering is performed using a 35-zone silicon photocoll (SPC) sensor. Three different metering modes are available.

Evaluative metering takes reading from the 35 different zones of the frame and compares the results with built-in pre-defined patterns. In conjunction with the focusing points the camera detects difficult lighting situations, or other difficult subjects and adjusts the exposure accordingly.

Partial metering takes a reading from an area occupying approximately 9.5% of the viewfinder. Readings can be taken from the central 9.5% reading of the picture only.

Centre weighted average metering takes readings from the entire picture area, but gives a greater emphasis to subjects in the centre.

The EOS 300 has a 3 zone built-in retractable E-TTL autoflash - Gn.12m) with a 28mm flash coverage. This is linked to the multiple focusing point, when the flash pops up the red eye reduction mode is activated. In addition the camera can be used with any of the Canon EZ speedlites for accurate versatile A-TTL flash photography.

Auto Exposure Bracketing

In difficult exposure conditions, Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) allows the taking of three shots at different exposures, either individually or continuously

The exposure varies to ensure that at least one shot will give the required result. When the self-timer is activated, the three bracketed shots will be exposed continuously after the self-timer delay.

Shutter

The EOS 300 features a shutter with a top speed of 1/2000 seconds. The slowest speed that can be set is 30 seconds - long enough for most night scenes.

In the shutter priority, and manual shooting modes, the speeds can be set in ‡ step increments.

Designed for easy use the EOS 300 measures only 140 (W) x 90 (H) x 58.5 (D)mm and weighs only 350g. It has an easy to use control dial and clear bright viewfinder, making it appealing to the new SLR photographer and experienced amateur.

Manufacturer description #2

The EOS 300 offers a new standard. Combining the best of EOS heritage, with superior optical and technological advancements, Canon has developed a camera for photographers with ambition – at an affordable price.

The EOS 300 features a high speed selectable 7 point autofocus system. The 7 points placed both vertically and horizontally across the viewfinder allow the user to capture a composition in perfect focus. The EOS 300 offers a range of metering modes including both evaluative and partial metering. Canon’s AIM system (Advanced Intergrated Multipoint) links the EOS 300s 7 focusing points with exposure functions giving superior quality exposures on every picture.

The EOS 300 is guaranteed to become a class leader with features such as auto exposure bracketing, automatic TTL exposure flash and a depth of field preview function button allowing the user to dictate what will appear sharp and what will be blurred within a picture. The EOS 300 command dial offers a range of PIC modes and Creative modes which distinguishes the EOS 300 as the perfect camera for both the interested and serious photographer.

Manufacturer description #3

Ultra-Compact, lightweight and high-quality SLR camera. Successor to New EOS Kiss/REBEL G/500N. Based on the concept of “easier to use and more comfortable” than the former model, it is smaller and lighter weight. It also has a higher performance AF system, exposure control and other basic features. A seven focusing-point wide-view AF system is used instead of the conventional three focusing-point AF. The focusing speed is equivalent to that of the EOS 55/ELAN II E/50E. This camera has 35-zone evaluative metering instead of the conventional 6-zone metering, E-TTL flash exposure control linked to an active focusing point, and other basic features, such as easy depth of field preview , higher speed of 1.5 fps film advance, shorter viewfinder black-out time, mid-roll film rewind button and a wireless remote control (Japanese model only). The camera is compact, but the command dial, the main dial, an external LCD display, and a small, yet comfortable grip ensure a good handling of the camera. The camera body is two-tone silver and black. The Battery Pack PB-200 for size-AA batteries with a vertical-grip shutter button is separately available (4,500 yen). New lenses marketed at the same time are: EF28-80mm f/3.5- 5.6 V USM, EF28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 II (export only), EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM and EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 III (export only).

The black model was introduced in Japanese market in September, 2000.

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35mm full frame

43.27 24 36
  • Dimensions: 36 × 24mm
  • Aspect ratio: 3:2
  • Diagonal: 43.27mm
  • Area: 864mm2

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Image stabilizer

A technology used for reducing or even eliminating the effects of camera shake. Gyro sensors inside the lens detect camera shake and pass the data to a microcomputer. Then an image stabilization group of elements controlled by the microcomputer moves inside the lens and compensates camera shake in order to keep the image static on the imaging sensor or film.

The technology allows to increase the shutter speed by several stops and shoot handheld in such lighting conditions and at such focal lengths where without image stabilizer you have to use tripod, decrease the shutter speed and/or increase the ISO setting which can lead to blurry and noisy images.

Original name

Lens name as indicated on the lens barrel (usually on the front ring). With lenses from film era, may vary slightly from batch to batch.

Format

Format refers to the shape and size of film or image sensor.

35mm is the common name of the 36x24mm film format or image sensor format. It has an aspect ratio of 3:2, and a diagonal measurement of approximately 43mm. The name originates with the total width of the 135 film which was the primary medium of the format prior to the invention of the full frame digital SLR. Historically the 35mm format was sometimes called small format to distinguish it from the medium and large formats.

APS-C is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the film negatives of 25.1x16.7mm with an aspect ratio of 3:2.

Medium format is a film format or image sensor format larger than 36x24mm (35mm) but smaller than 4x5in (large format).

Angle of view

Angle of view describes the angular extent of a given scene that is imaged by a camera. It is used interchangeably with the more general term field of view.

As the focal length changes, the angle of view also changes. The shorter the focal length (eg 18mm), the wider the angle of view. Conversely, the longer the focal length (eg 55mm), the smaller the angle of view.

A camera's angle of view depends not only on the lens, but also on the sensor. Imaging sensors are sometimes smaller than 35mm film frame, and this causes the lens to have a narrower angle of view than with 35mm film, by a certain factor for each sensor (called the crop factor).

This website does not use the angles of view provided by lens manufacturers, but calculates them automatically by the following formula: 114.6 * arctan (21.622 / CF * FL),

where:

CF – crop-factor of a sensor,
FL – focal length of a lens.

Mount

A lens mount is an interface — mechanical and often also electrical — between a camera body and a lens.

A lens mount may be a screw-threaded type, a bayonet-type, or a breech-lock type. Modern camera lens mounts are of the bayonet type, because the bayonet mechanism precisely aligns mechanical and electrical features between lens and body, unlike screw-threaded mounts.

Lens mounts of competing manufacturers (Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Sony etc.) are always incompatible. In addition to the mechanical and electrical interface variations, the flange focal distance can also be different.

The flange focal distance (FFD) is the distance from the mechanical rear end surface of the lens mount to the focal plane.

Lens construction

Lens construction – a specific arrangement of elements and groups that make up the optical design, including type and size of elements, type of used materials etc.

Element - an individual piece of glass which makes up one component of a photographic lens. Photographic lenses are nearly always built up of multiple such elements.

Group – a cemented together pieces of glass which form a single unit or an individual piece of glass. The advantage is that there is no glass-air surfaces between cemented together pieces of glass, which reduces reflections.

Focal length

The focal length is the factor that determines the size of the image reproduced on the focal plane, picture angle which covers the area of the subject to be photographed, depth of field, etc.

Speed

The largest opening or stop at which a lens can be used is referred to as the speed of the lens. The larger the maximum aperture is, the faster the lens is considered to be. Lenses that offer a large maximum aperture are commonly referred to as fast lenses, and lenses with smaller maximum aperture are regarded as slow.

In low-light situations, having a wider maximum aperture means that you can shoot at a faster shutter speed or work at a lower ISO, or both.

Closest focusing distance

The minimum distance from the focal plane (film or sensor) to the subject where the lens is still able to focus.

Closest working distance

The distance from the front edge of the lens to the subject at the maximum magnification.

Magnification ratio

Determines how large the subject will appear in the final image. For example, a magnification ratio of 1:1 means that the image of the subject formed on the film or sensor will be the same size as the subject in real life. For this reason, a 1:1 ratio is often called "life-size".

Manual focus override in autofocus mode

Allows to perform final focusing manually after the camera has locked the focus automatically. Note that you don't have to switch camera and/or lens to manual focus mode.

Manual focus override in autofocus mode

Allows to perform final focusing manually after the camera has locked the focus automatically. Note that you don't have to switch camera and/or lens to manual focus mode.

Electronic manual focus override is performed in the following way: half-press the shutter button, wait until the camera has finished the autofocusing and then focus manually without releasing the shutter button using the focusing ring.

Manual diaphragm

The diaphragm must be stopped down manually by rotating the detent aperture ring.

Preset diaphragm

The lens has two rings, one is for pre-setting, while the other is for normal diaphragm adjustment. The first ring must be set at the desired aperture, the second ring then should be fully opened for focusing, and turned back for stop down to the pre-set value.

Semi-automatic diaphragm

The lens features spring mechanism in the diaphragm, triggered by the shutter release, which stops down the diaphragm to the pre-set value. The spring needs to be reset manually after each exposure to re-open diaphragm to its maximum value.

Automatic diaphragm

The camera automatically closes the diaphragm down during the shutter operation. On completion of the exposure, the diaphragm re-opens to its maximum value.

Fixed diaphragm

The aperture setting is fixed at F/ on this lens, and cannot be adjusted.

Number of blades

As a general rule, the more blades that are used to create the aperture opening in the lens, the rounder the out-of-focus highlights will be.

Some lenses are designed with curved diaphragm blades, so the roundness of the aperture comes not from the number of blades, but from their shape. However, the fewer blades the diaphragm has, the more difficult it is to form a circle, regardless of rounded edges.

At maximum aperture, the opening will be circular regardless of the number of blades.

Weight

Excluding case or pouch, caps and other detachable accessories (lens hood, close-up adapter, tripod adapter etc.).

Maximum diameter x Length

Excluding case or pouch, caps and other detachable accessories (lens hood, close-up adapter, tripod adapter etc.).

For lenses with collapsible design, the length is indicated for the working (retracted) state.

Weather sealing

A rubber material which is inserted in between each externally exposed part (manual focus and zoom rings, buttons, switch panels etc.) to ensure it is properly sealed against dust and moisture.

Lenses that accept front mounted filters typically do not have gaskets behind the filter mount. It is recommended to use a filter for complete weather resistance when desired.

Fluorine coating

Helps keep lenses clean by reducing the possibility of dust and dirt adhering to the lens and by facilitating cleaning should the need arise. Applied to the outer surface of the front and/or rear lens elements over multi-coatings.

Filters

Lens filters are accessories that can protect lenses from dirt and damage, enhance colors, minimize glare and reflections, and add creative effects to images.

Lens hood

A lens hood or lens shade is a device used on the end of a lens to block the sun or other light source in order to prevent glare and lens flare. Flare occurs when stray light strikes the front element of a lens and then bounces around within the lens. This stray light often comes from very bright light sources, such as the sun, bright studio lights, or a bright white background.

The geometry of the lens hood can vary from a plain cylindrical or conical section to a more complex shape, sometimes called a petal, tulip, or flower hood. This allows the lens hood to block stray light with the higher portions of the lens hood, while allowing more light into the corners of the image through the lowered portions of the hood.

Lens hoods are more prominent in long focus lenses because they have a smaller viewing angle than that of wide-angle lenses. For wide angle lenses, the length of the hood cannot be as long as those for telephoto lenses, as a longer hood would enter the wider field of view of the lens.

Lens hoods are often designed to fit onto the matching lens facing either forward, for normal use, or backwards, so that the hood may be stored with the lens without occupying much additional space. In addition, lens hoods can offer some degree of physical protection for the lens due to the hood extending farther than the lens itself.

Teleconverters

Teleconverters increase the effective focal length of lenses. They also usually maintain the closest focusing distance of lenses, thus increasing the magnification significantly. A lens combined with a teleconverter is normally smaller, lighter and cheaper than a "direct" telephoto lens of the same focal length and speed.

Teleconverters are a convenient way of enhancing telephoto capability, but it comes at a cost − reduced maximum aperture. Also, since teleconverters magnify every detail in the image, they logically also magnify residual aberrations of the lens.

Lens caps

Scratched lens surfaces can spoil the definition and contrast of even the finest lenses. Lens covers are the best and most inexpensive protection available against dust, moisture and abrasion. Safeguard lens elements - both front and rear - whenever the lens is not in use.