As Minhas Câmaras: Canon EOS 500N (1996-1999)

quinta-feira, 13 de junho de 2019

Canon EOS 500N (1996-1999)

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This photo is from the copy I own

History and technical features

The Canon EOS 500N is also known as the EOS Rebel G in the Americas or the New EOS Kiss in Japan. Sometimes it's referred to as the EOS Kiss 2 as it followed the release of the EOS Kiss in Japan. This camera was released in 1996 and replaced the EOS 500. The Japanese version of the camera had the date back as standard. Its successor was the EOS-300 / REBEL2000 / Kiss III, released in 1999.

There are not too many changes in this model compared to the original. A few new features include compatibility with ETTL type flash. It still has the same 1/90 of a sec sync speed of the previous model, but when equipped with a Canon Speedlight such as the 380EX, 220EX it can be used at 1/2000 of a sec. Focus has improved a bit as as a AF assist light is now available. Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) can be use from -2 to ++2 in 1/2 stop increments. The command dial now has a easier to access night scene mode. The body is able to use the BP-8 vertical grip that can also accept four AA batteries.

Source: camera-wiki.org

The Canon EOS Rebel G is a perfectly competent, all-plastic 35mm SLR film camera that works with all Canon autofocus (EOS) lenses. It's a plastic camera with a plastic lens mount and a mirror prism, so it weighs nothing!

The Rebel G works great with IS lenses, and everything except Canon's EF-S lenses for small-format digital cameras (or the ancient FD lenses for manual focus cameras that went obsolete in 1986).

It first winds the film to the end, and then shoots the frames in reverse order. Its frame counter always shows you the frames remaining as it counts backwards.

All the hot lenses you buy for your 1D X and 5D Mark III, like the 14mm II, fisheyes and super-teles, all are 100% compatible — and you can buy a Rebel G body for one-half of one percent of the cost of a 1DS Mk III body.

The Rebel G was an inexpensive film camera. Its advantage is that it weighs nothing and works great. It shoots in all exposure modes and has a modern evaluative metering system.

Pop on a pro lens like the 16-35mm f/2.8 L II, and the package is still light enough to throw around your neck all day.

The Rebel G feels like a toy, but it's beauty is that it doesn't weigh anything. It's an easy camera to knock around all day, and brings back great results, even on Fuji Velvia 50 slide film.

The only gotha is that the finder is a super-light penta-mirror type, so the finder isn't quite as big, sharp or as contrasty as a pro film camera. If I shot this camera all day, every day I'd want a better finder for my convenience, but as a knock around camera, it's great.

This EOS Rebel G replaced the EOS Rebel XS (EOS 500 or EOS Kiss) which was introduced in September 1993. The 1993 EOS Rebel XS should not be confused with the Digital Rebel XS that was introduced in August 2008.

The EOS Rebel 2000 (EOS 300 or EOS Kiss III) replaced this EOS Rebel G in April, 1999.

Source: kenrockwell.com

Specifications

Name
Americas: EOS Rebel G
Japan: New EOS Kiss.
Rest of world: EOS 500N.

AF Sensors
3.

AF Assist light
Yes.

Finder
Mirror-prism.
0.7x magnification with 50mm lens.
90% coverage.
18.5mm eye relief.

Meter
Evaluative.
Averaging and PArtial available in other modes.
Rated LV 2-20 with f/1.4 lens.

ISO Range
ISO 25-5,000 (DX).
ISO 6-6,400 manually.

Shutter
1/2,000 - 30 seconds and Bulb in half-stops.
Fastest Shutter Speed with Flash (sync)
1/90.
(there is a trick FP mode with some flashes.)

Frame Rate
1 FPS.

Built-in Flash
Guide Number 39/12 (feet/meters at ISO 100).
Covers 28mm lens.

Cable Release Socket
NO.
You have to buy an expensive RS-60E3 cord.

Date Imprint
Available if you paid extra for the Quartz Date version.

Power
Two CR123A (DL123A) batteries.
Rated 85 24-exposure rolls without flash, 35 rolls with 50% flash, and 17 rolls with 100% flash, all at 68ºF (20ºC).
The date back, if you get it, uses a CR2025.

Colors
Pro black or gag-me silver paint.

Size
5.7 x 3.6 x 2.4" (145.7 x 92 x 61.9mm), WHD.

Weight
14.1 oz (400g) with batteries.
13.05 oz. (370g), naked and stripped of batteries.

Price
59,000 Yen (body only) at introduction in 1996.

Introduced
September 1996.

Replaced
By the Rebel 2000 in 1999.

Accessories:
GR-80TP Grip, which unfolds as a mini tripod.
EP-EX15 eyepiece extender makes the eyepiece poke out further and adds 15mm to the eye relief, but reduces the size of the finder image to 0.5x.
E Diopters.
RS-60E3 dedicated cable release.
BP-8 External AA Battery Pack.
EX Series flashes (speedlites).
EH8-L (Rebel G and small lens) and EH-8LL (with longer lens) never-ready cases.
Source: kenrockwell.com

Model

Serial number 1615580

Reference sites

camera-wiki.org

kenrockwell.com

Manual

English manual

Batteries