What to do with EOS3?! - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF 500mm f/4.0L IS USM

01/11/2008 04:09:56 PM · #1

My trusted, ever faithful, hard wearing, fast shooting and all around badboy Eos3 is sitting here completely redundant. Do these have any value at all these days, or is it already a photographic artifact??

N

rider

Canon EOS-7D

01/11/2008 07:02:02 PM · #2

save it for the big boom that wipes out all things digital---someone will need to take pics!!!lol

Delta_6

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/11/2008 07:15:27 PM · #3

There's a camera museum here in Western Australia, in the small town of Meckering, called The Big Camera, that would probably love to have it. I'm heading that way next week, hoping to have enough time on the way home to stop in and have a look.

Ristyz

Apple iPhone 12 Pro

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

01/11/2008 07:20:08 PM · #4

I sold mine last spring for 300.00 bucks I loved that camera.

robs

Canon EOS R6 Mk II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/11/2008 07:37:29 PM · #5

Well put some "film" in it and use it?? Okay - wild idea I know but I still shoot film once in a while, so excuse me will ya..... scan it in when they are good and your all set to whack at it in the digital world. Nice body from what I hear.....

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

01/11/2008 08:12:19 PM · #6

Originally posted by robs:

I left it really late to make the digital switch - my first digital SLR from the Eos 3 was the Canon 300D - and was firmly in favour of grain over pixels...but nowadays I don't think I could go backwards, even for the heck of it. I've been spoiled by instant review and my discipline on the trigger has gone haywire. Shooting stuff, processing it, scanning it....naah, those days are gone for me.

300USD sounds like a great price. There's one for that on uk ebay but I figured he was out of his mind....might be worth a list.

Here's a quick question to anyone with a 5D or better - do they feel the same as the Eos 3? That camera felt like an extension of me and I loved it to pieces...nothing else (digital) i've picked up since has felt the same in my hand.

N

Apple iPhone 5

01/11/2008 08:21:03 PM · #7

I can never seem to match the shots I produced with my FM2n - I think it's got something to do with the thought process. Shooting film you tend to take a lot more care about shots. And you generally take one shot and get it right, instead of taking ten and picking the 'best one'

gaurav

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/11/2008 09:07:34 PM · #8

What about donation?
If I get that camera or any film SLR than I do love to join the photography school at my hometown to sharp up my skills.

Just a thought...: )

Photologist

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/11/2008 09:14:16 PM · #9

Originally posted by Quasimojo:

Here's a quick question to anyone with a 5D or better - do they feel the same as the Eos 3? That camera felt like an extension of me and I loved it to pieces...nothing else (digital) i've picked up since has felt the same in my hand.

On paper, the 40D seems more in line with your EOS 3 (size & weight). The 5D is heavier than the EOS 3. Have you felt the 40D yet?

ben4345

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

01/11/2008 10:00:15 PM · #10

can you get it modded for IR?

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/11/2008 10:21:24 PM · #11

Originally posted by AperturePriority:

The 5D is heavier than the EOS 3. Have you felt the 40D yet?

Briefly...it felt similar to my 30D though (or rather I didn't get that 'fits like a glove' feeling). Maybe it was the balance of it rather than the weight. I was intending to move up from my old 300D to the 400D but the 400 is tiny - was amazed they shrunk it. Am waiting on the new 5D mkII to see if that's more like it (and then need to rob a bank)

N

Photologist

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

01/11/2008 10:40:09 PM · #12

Originally posted by Quasimojo:

[quote=AperturePriority] Am waiting on the new 5D mkII to see if that's more like it

You may be waiting a while. What's the latest that you've heard?

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/11/2008 10:47:41 PM · #13

Usual bullsh!t and faked pics...4d, 6d, 5d mkII.... 12mpix, 6.5fps burst, digic III, sensor dust cleaner I think (400D toys added to 5D to bring it up to date, hence the mkII rather than a major model change).

Fotokina is sometime Feb/Mar/Apr isn't it? I'm expecting something then...if not deffo August. They've been pushing the 5D heavily recently and dropping prices all over the shop, which usually is a sign ime...

But this is all 100% bull and conjecture...take with mandatory pinch of salt....

N

Photologist

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

01/11/2008 11:01:26 PM · #14

Originally posted by Quasimojo:

Usual bullsh!t and faked pics...4d, 6d, 5d mkII.... 12mpix, 6.5fps burst, digic III, sensor dust cleaner I think (400D toys added to 5D to bring it up to date, hence the mkII rather than a major model change).

Fotokina is sometime Feb/Mar/Apr isn't it? I'm expecting something then...if not deffo August. They've been pushing the 5D heavily recently and dropping prices all over the shop, which usually is a sign ime...

But this is all 100% bull and conjecture...take with mandatory pinch of salt....

Don't you meant all the "40D toys added to 5D"?

Nullix

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

01/11/2008 11:04:44 PM · #15

I'll take it off your hands. I still use my elan7e, but it doesn't have a pc-cord. I'd like to get something that has a pc-cord hookup from the strobist in me.