The Canon EOS D30 is a discontinued 3.1-
megapixel
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In most digital display devices, pixels are the smal ...
professional
digital single lens reflex camera
A digital single-lens reflex camera (digital SLR or DSLR) is a digital camera that combines the optics and the mechanisms of a single-lens reflex camera with a digital imaging sensor.
The reflex design scheme is the primary difference between a ...
(DSLR) body, initially announced by
Canon
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* Literary canon, an accepted body of works considered as high culture
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on May 17, 2000. It is part of the
Canon EOS
Canon EOS (Electro-Optical System) is an autofocus single-lens reflex camera (SLR) and mirrorless camera series produced by Canon Inc. Introduced in 1987 with the Canon EOS 650, all EOS cameras used 135 film, 35 mm photographic film, film until ...
line of cameras and uses the
EF lens mount
The EF lens mount is the standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family of SLR film and digital cameras. EF stands for "Electro-Focus": automatic focusing on EF lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens. Mechanically, it ...
. The EOS D30 was Canon's first "home grown" digital SLR.
Before that point Canon had a contract with
Kodak
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to rebrand the Kodak 2-megapixel DCS 520 as
Canon EOS D2000
The Canon EOS D2000 (a Canon branded Kodak DCS 520) is a 2-megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera developed by Kodak on a Canon EOS-1N body. It was released in March 1998. It features a CCD sensor and can shoot at 3.5 frames per second. ...
and the 6-megapixel DCS 560 as Canon EOS D6000 digital SLRs, which combined Kodak digital backs and Canon camera bodies.
The D30 was succeeded by the 6.3-megapixel
D60 in 2002.
Features
* 22.7 x 15.1 mm
CMOS
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sensor (APS-C)
* 3.1 megapixel effective (3.3 megapixel total)
* Max resolution 2160 x 1440
*
FOV crop (1.6x)
* Canon
EF lens mount (excludes
EF-S
The Canon EF-S lens mount is a derivative of the EF lens mount created for a subset of Canon digital single-lens reflex cameras with APS-C sized image sensors. It was released in 2003. Cameras with the EF-S mount are backward compatible with th ...
)
* 3-point auto focus
* 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 ISO speed equivalent
* 30 to 1/4000 s shutter speed and bulb
*
TTL
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* Through-the-lens metering, a camera feature
* Zenit TTL, an SLR film camera named for its TTL metering capability
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35 zone SPC metering: evaluative, center weighted, partial
* Exposure compensation -2 EV to +2 EV in 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV steps
* Auto
White Balance
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(plus 5 positions & manual preset)
* Eye-level pentaprism viewfinder
* 1.8 in (46 mm) color TFT
liquid-crystal monitor
*
E-TTL
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flash mode
* Built-in Flash
* 3 frames per second continuous shooting (max. 8 frames)
* Dimensions (WxHxD): 150 x 107 x 75 mm
* Weight (body only): 780
g
* Optional
BG-ED3
The Canon BG-ED3 is a battery grip manufactured by Canon for certain models of its EOS digital SLR camera range. It was originally designed for the Canon EOS D30. It can hold 2 BP-511 or BP-511A batteries, effectively doubling the battery life of ...
battery grip
References
External links
D30 page at Canon U.S.A.
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