Canon EOS 3 Question

mr.mike · Feb 16, 2016

Hello all,
Just purchased a Canon EOS 3 35mm slr. Everything appears to function as it should with the exception of the autofocus eye controlled feature. Seems this function is unable to be correctly calibrated. The control button does not work. Anybody familiar with this issue? Wondering if it's worth investing money on finding out? The overall condition seems to be excellent. Paid $80.00 for it. I've read only good things about this particular model, and looking forward to making good use of it. Looking forward to your responses.
Mike

tirediron · Feb 16, 2016

mr.mike said:
Hello all,
Just purchased a Canon EOS 3 35mm slr. Everything appears to function as it should with the exception of the autofocus eye controlled feature. Seems this function is unable to be correctly calibrated. The control button does not work. Anybody familiar with this issue? Wondering if it's worth investing money on finding out? The overall condition seems to be excellent. Paid $80.00 for it. I've read only good things about this particular model, and looking forward to making good use of it. Looking forward to your responses.
Mike

Could you elaborate a little further? I'm not quite sure to what you're referring here...

mr.mike · Feb 16, 2016

mr.mike said:
Hello all,
Just purchased a Canon EOS 3 35mm slr. Everything appears to function as it should with the exception of the autofocus eye controlled feature. Seems this function is unable to be correctly calibrated. The control button does not work. Anybody familiar with this issue? Wondering if it's worth investing money on finding out? The overall condition seems to be excellent. Paid $80.00 for it. I've read only good things about this particular model, and looking forward to making good use of it. Looking forward to your responses.
Mike

Hi,
Not 100% sure myself. Need to play with it a bit more. That said, the EOS 3, EOS 5 and the EOS 50e (A2e) have a auto eye control focus feature. The camera will automatically focus on the particular subject you're shooting. This is accomplished by the movement of your eye. I'm not an expert, but that's the gist of it.

tirediron · Feb 16, 2016

Really? Cool! I've never heard of that... must go find a manual and read up.

tirediron · Feb 16, 2016

That looks like a really cool camera; I'd never heard of that feature before. Unfortunately, if the control dial isn't working, I'd say you're out of luck as far as calibration goes. It could be something that's easily repaired at a local repair shop if there's one in your area, but that might not be cheap...

mr.mike · Feb 16, 2016

tirediron said:
That looks like a really cool camera; I'd never heard of that feature before. Unfortunately, if the control dial isn't working, I'd say you're out of luck as far as calibration goes. It could be something that's easily repaired at a local repair shop if there's one in your area, but that might not be cheap...

They are very interesting cameras, and have a good many features. They fall between the advanced consumer and pro. But from what I'm learning, it's more a pro camera than consumer type. Much to learn, and I'll be doing a bit of reading myself.
Mike

compur · Feb 16, 2016

From the manual:

mr.mike · Feb 16, 2016

compur said:
From the manual:

Thank you for the information. I have a local Canon repair facility nearby, I'm going to take this camera in to see how costly the repair will be.

gsgary · Feb 17, 2016

mr.mike said:
mr.mike said:

Hello all,
Just purchased a Canon EOS 3 35mm slr. Everything appears to function as it should with the exception of the autofocus eye controlled feature. Seems this function is unable to be correctly calibrated. The control button does not work. Anybody familiar with this issue? Wondering if it's worth investing money on finding out? The overall condition seems to be excellent. Paid $80.00 for it. I've read only good things about this particular model, and looking forward to making good use of it. Looking forward to your responses.
Mike

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Hi,
Not 100% sure myself. Need to play with it a bit more. That said, the EOS 3, EOS 5 and the EOS 50e (A2e) have a auto eye control focus feature. The camera will automatically focus on the particular subject you're shooting. This is accomplished by the movement of your eye. I'm not an expert, but that's the gist of it.

I had an eos5 and calibrated eye detection but i'm sure it only moves the focus point and does not focus for you, you still have to focus by half pressing

unpopular · Feb 17, 2016

Just curious, does this feature actually work? I remember when it was first announced and thought it was the future, but it only made it into a handful of models.

john.margetts · Feb 17, 2016

unpopular said:
Just curious, does this feature actually work? I remember when it was first announced and thought it was the future, but it only made it into a handful of models.

I have both the EOS 5 and EOS 50 and the eye controlled focussing works well on both. The EOS 5 also has eye controlled DOF preview as well. No need to half-press the shutter release, it should focus automatically.

www.johns-old-cameras.blogspot.co.uk

mr.mike · Feb 17, 2016

gsgary said:
mr.mike said:

mr.mike said:

Hello all,
Just purchased a Canon EOS 3 35mm slr. Everything appears to function as it should with the exception of the autofocus eye controlled feature. Seems this function is unable to be correctly calibrated. The control button does not work. Anybody familiar with this issue? Wondering if it's worth investing money on finding out? The overall condition seems to be excellent. Paid $80.00 for it. I've read only good things about this particular model, and looking forward to making good use of it. Looking forward to your responses.
Mike

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Hi,
Not 100% sure myself. Need to play with it a bit more. That said, the EOS 3, EOS 5 and the EOS 50e (A2e) have a auto eye control focus feature. The camera will automatically focus on the particular subject you're shooting. This is accomplished by the movement of your eye. I'm not an expert, but that's the gist of it.

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I had an eos5 and calibrated eye detection but i'm sure it only moves the focus point and does not focus for you, you still have to focus by half pressing

Hi,
I have the EOS 5 as well, but I believe the EOS 3 works differently. The EOS 3 has 45 focus points, and they require calibration. I haven't had much time to play with this feature, but will let everyone know as soon as I have some time to study it. The EOS 3 has a calibration switch that allows you to activate the eye control system, and set various focal points. Now according to some things I've been reading, the camera follows the movement of your eye to attain focus on your specific subject. It differs from the EOS 5 and EOS 50E. The EOS 3 is a very advanced camera, but I'm not sure if all the features on the one I received are working properly. I'll report back as soon as I learn more.
Mike

mr.mike · Feb 17, 2016

unpopular said:
Just curious, does this feature actually work? I remember when it was first announced and thought it was the future, but it only made it into a handful of models.

If the camera is working properly, you can calibrate this feature and the camera will follow the movement of your eye to the exact area you wish to focus on.

john.margetts · Feb 18, 2016

mr.mike said:
Hi,
I have the EOS 5 as well, but I believe the EOS 3 works differently. The EOS 3 has 45 focus points, and they require calibration. I haven't had much time to play with this feature, but will let everyone know as soon as I have some time to study it. The EOS 3 has a calibration switch that allows you to activate the eye control system, and set various focal points. Now according to some things I've been reading, the camera follows the movement of your eye to attain focus on your specific subject. It differs from the EOS 5 and EOS 50E. The EOS 3 is a very advanced camera, but I'm not sure if all the features on the one I received are working properly. I'll report back as soon as I learn more.
Mike

EOS 5 and EOS 50 both need calibrating for each focus point as well - the calibration switch is a software switch - and the camera follows eye movements the same as the EOS 3

www.johns-old-cameras.blogspot.co.uk

mr.mike · Feb 18, 2016

john.margetts said:
mr.mike said:

Hi,
I have the EOS 5 as well, but I believe the EOS 3 works differently. The EOS 3 has 45 focus points, and they require calibration. I haven't had much time to play with this feature, but will let everyone know as soon as I have some time to study it. The EOS 3 has a calibration switch that allows you to activate the eye control system, and set various focal points. Now according to some things I've been reading, the camera follows the movement of your eye to attain focus on your specific subject. It differs from the EOS 5 and EOS 50E. The EOS 3 is a very advanced camera, but I'm not sure if all the features on the one I received are working properly. I'll report back as soon as I learn more.
Mike

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EOS 5 and EOS 50 both need calibrating for each focus point as well - the calibration switch is a software switch - and the camera follows eye movements the same as the EOS 3

www.johns-old-cameras.blogspot.co.uk

Thank you for that information. Still have much to learn.