I would like to purchase a new Canon EOS Camera. I'm currently an old Canon A1 User. I would like to experience the fully autofocus with a power booster power winder. I take ALOT of different sports photos from people to car racing and water sports and would like to use it with a 28 - 300 lense. I've read a lot about the different bodies and I'm now totally confuses. I thought I was going to buy the EOS ElanII, but after reading some of the information about the Elan 1N with an E1 booster power winder, I'm wondering if this would provide me the flexibility of close-up still shots to distance sports and wildlife photos with good quality.

If anyone can help me or recommend a different body and point out why, it would be greatly appreciate.

You can email me at roblambert@cox.rr.com

-- Robert Lambert (roblambert@cox.rr.com), May 13, 2002

Answers

How much do you want to spend? The EOS 3 gives you really fast motordrive winding with the power booster and has interchangeable finder screens for macro.

As for 28-300, nobody makes a lens with that focal length range that's of particularly good quality, as far as I know. Canon make a well-respected 35-350L, but its maximum aperture is only 3.5- 5.6, it's pretty heavy and it costs a lot.

-- NK Guy (tela@tela.bc.ca), May 13, 2002.

Get the EOS 3 and PB and the 100-400/4.5-5.6 USM L IS.

-- Yakim Peled (yakim.peled@orange.co.il), May 14, 2002.

The EOS 3+ booster would be great due to high framing rate, excellent AF performance, and professional grade construction. It cost under $800 after rebate.

Of course, putting any 28-300 lens on it would negate all those benefits because they have a slow maximum apeture, slow autofocus (compared to any Canon "ring type" USM lens), and are not very sharp at maximum apeture (at 300mm it may not be sharp at any aperture). Think about the 70-200 F2.8L or 70-200F4L, or 100-400L IS lenses.

-- Kenneth Katz (socks@bestweb.net), May 14, 2002.