Canon EOS 50

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Canon EOS 50
Type	35mm SLR
Lens mount	Canon EF lens mount
Focus	TTL Phase Detection Autofocus (3 zone)
Exposure	PASM autoexposure 6 zone evaluative metering
Flash	Built-in flash
Frame rate	Up to 2.5 frame/s
Dimensions	153 x 105 x 71 mm, 595 g

The Canon EOS 50 (also known as the ELAN II in America and the EOS 55 in Japan) is an autofocus, autoexposure 35mm SLR camera. Three variants were produced. The E variant had the addition of eye-controlled autofocus, and partial metering, while the QD variant had a date and time imprint function on the film door.

The EOS 50E variant introduced an enhanced version of the 3-zone eye-controlled autofocus system that was first seen on the EOS 5 camera. The EOS 50 was also the first camera to implement Canon's E-TTL flash system. Canon's previous TTL system metered light reflected from the film onto a sensor during the actual exposure. E-TTL on the other hand fires a low-intensity pre-flash before exposure, and meters the reflected light through the camera's normal metering system.

The EOS 55 differs from the other versions in that it has a panorama option. Sliding the button at the bottom of the rear of the camera causes panels to move into position inside the camera, blocking all of the negative except for a 13 mm x 36mm strip in the middle. When print film is subsequently developed in a developing machine that is sensitive to Advanced Photo System (APS) negatives, the machine will automatically print a 4"x12" "panoramic" print instead of a regular 4"x6" print.

Sales of the EOS 50 began in September 1995, and ended after the introduction of the replacement model, the EOS 30 in October 2000.

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Canon SLR cameras and lens mounts
Lens Mount	Series	Model
R		Flex (1959), R2000 (1960), RP (1961), RM (1962)
FL		FX (1964), FP (1964), Pellix (1965), FT QL (1966), Pellix QL (1966), TL (1968)
FD	F	Amateur: FTb (1971), FTbn (1973), EF (1973), TLb (1974), TX (1975)
		Professional: F-1(1971), F-1n (1976), New F-1 (1981)
	A	AE-1 (1976), AT-1 (1976), A-1 (1978), AV-1 (1979), AE-1 Program (1981), AL-1 (1982)
	T	T50 (1983), T70 (1984), T80 (1985), T90 (1986), T60 (1990)
EF / EF-S
	1	EOS-1 (1989), EOS-1N (1994), EOS-1N RS (1995), EOS-1v (2001)
		EOS 650 (1987), EOS 620 (1987), EOS 750QD (1988), EOS 850QD (1988), EOS 630QD (1989), EOS RT (1989), EOS 700QD (1989), EOS 10sQD (1990), EOS 1000F (1990), EOS 100 (1991), EOS EF-M (1991), EOS 5/5QD/A2/A2e (1992), EOS 1000FN (1992), EOS 500 (1993), EOS 888 (1993), EOS 50 (1995), EOS 500N (1996), EOS-3 (1998), EOS 88 (1999), EOS 300 (1999), EOS 30 (2000), EOS 3000N (2002), EOS 300V (2002), EOS 3000V (2003), EOS 30V (2004), EOS 300X (2004)
	IX	EOS IX, EOS IX Lite
		Canon DSLR cameras
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