Talk:Canon EOS 100

Canon EOS 100 was a Engineering and technology good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
April 16, 2009	Good article nominee	Not listed
April 26, 2009	Good article reassessment	Not listed

Current status: Former good article nominee

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Rewritten

I've rewritten this article mainly because I felt sorry for the camera in this picture . I've used an EOS 100 for years, thought it was/is an excellent camera and deserved to get noted. I know it's not the most famous Canon camera, but in the early 1990s, it was head and shoulders above any of the other serious amateur SLRs.

The bulk, if not all, of the information has come from the sources in the references section. As per the Wikipedia guideline on general references, I've not put reference marks on each piece of information - there'd be too many of them, and each source would have to be mentioned. So, please don't hit the article with too many citation requests.

A curious point is the name of the camera: EOS 100/Elan. The Canon museum website says that it was marketed as EOS 100QD in Japan, whereas I remember seeing 100QD versions sold in the UK, basically as a date/time stamping version of the 100. Strange.

Lastly, just because I've rewritten this article, doesn't mean I think I own it. Please feel free to contribute. Has anyone got any of the Speedlites they could take photos of? That would be a good addition.--ML5 (talk) 20:53, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think you did just fine, and I especially appreciate the photo change. That pic was just depressing.......I sold my Elan in 2000 to make sure it continued to be used, it was heartbreaking to have it sitting on a shelf.

Note: iirc, the built-in flash was automatically deployed in Auto mode on the 100 version only, the Elan did not have this feature due to patent issues in the USA. Ken (talk) 15:20, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]