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Found an EOS 3 recently in a local charity shop for £50 and was wondering if 1- it's a good film body already got a 50D and 2- is it a decent price
 
Price seems good as they seem to be a little under the £100 mark at used dealers.
 
It was a very respectable semi-pro SLR in its day.. I believe one of the selling points of this model was eye-start focusing :)

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Handled quite well from what I remember of it. The eye focus thing was a bit gimmicky at the time but none the less seemed to work from what I recal
 
Looks like a good price, but I have an eos 30 and it hasn't seen light of day since I had a digital slr.
I would think if your prepared to run the cost of getting film developed.

36 shots isnt much ! ;)
 
My thought is of using it for some macro work and the 45 point af trumps my 50D's 9 so maybe some portrait but not as a main camera
 
Don't get it unless you into or want to get into film as it is an expensive hobby and unless your really keen you'll probably shoot one film and then leave it in a cupboard.

Certainly don't buy it for the 45 focus points, what is it with focus point addiction these days!
 
kkyarrick said:
Found an EOS 3 recently in a local charity shop for £50 and was wondering if 1- it's a good film body already got a 50D and 2- is it a decent price
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Cheap to buy but not cheap to run.
 
Assuming all works, at that price what's to lose?

Either you'll enjoy film or you won't, you can resell it for at least as much (assuming condition is good and if it isn't then walk away).

You can use your EF lenses on it - all of them. I leave my 50mm 1.4 on mine and feed it with B&W film.

Take a lens, take some batteries with you - the BP-E1 battery pack takes 4x AA. Have you held it yet? It'll feel solid. I wear specs and the eye recognition thing doesn't see my eye which doesn't worry me at all. Does it come with anything else?
 
I shoot quite a lot of film and macro is definitely one thing I'd keep using digital for. Focussing is too critical and you have no instant feedback to do any corrections.

Having said that, the EOS 3 is supposed to be a nice body and since you already have Canon lenses, then you are all set to give film a go. It's a lot of fun and, as people above said, if you don't like it, then you can sell the body at little loss. One bit of advice - spend a couple of extra quid on a roll of Ektar (snappy snaps sell this at an ok price if you want to ust get it on the high street) or Portra to really see what people like about film, then you can decide. And don't go mad getting a home dev kit straight away; run a few films through first and see whether the bug gets you.

By the way - there's a film sub-forum here, and if you do some standard searches you'll find loads of hints and tips for someone new to film.
 
The EOS-3 was the professional EOS camera of choice before the EOS-1 was released IIRC.

£50 is a great price if the condition is up to scratch.
 
The EOS-3 had the autofocus system used on all pro SLR's / DSLR's up until the recent 5dIII came out!

I'd love an old EOS-3 / 1V.

£50 is a great price if all is working IMO. they seem to go for upto £150ish on eBay, could even be worth a buy to sell on.
 
jonneymendoza said:
Your keeper rate increases dramaticallly
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Bizarre I wonder how many wedding togs are taking less pictures now they have moved to the mkiii because there keeper rate is so much higher!

I still stick totally to my point buying an old film SLR because it has pro af is crazy. The only good reason to buy a film camera is because your into film.
 
I love my EOS 3! It's a brilliant camera and almost all the features of a 1series body in a regular fairly lightweight body.
 
If it's working and you don't want it. Please PM me where this shop is if it's anywhere near London. It would do me no harm to have a spare. :)

One of the best cameras Canon ever made.
 
a1ex2001 said:
Bizarre I wonder how many wedding togs are taking less pictures now they have moved to the mkiii because there keeper rate is so much higher!
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Probably very very few are. The AF in the mkii is not so bad that you'd have to take double the amount of shots to get one in focus.
 
Musicman said:
If it's working and you don't want it. Please PM me where this shop is if it's anywhere near London. It would do me no harm to have a spare. :)

One of the best cameras Canon ever made.
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It's a little far out from London up here in Leicestershire.

I know if I don't get on with it, it will be an easy sell on if it works. External condition is near excellent but no battery in it yet do internals are to be determined but does come with a roll of film pre-loaded so can get shots off with it, developed and checked and see what's what.
 
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