The Canon EOS D30 is a discontinued 3.1-megapixel professional digital single lens reflex camera (DSLR) body, initially announced by Canon

Canon Inc.

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 on May 17, 2000. It is part of the Canon EOS

Canon EOS

The Canon EOS autofocus 35 mm film and digital SLR camera system was introduced in 1987 with the Canon EOS 650 and is still in production as Canon's current DSLR system...

 line of cameras and uses the EF lens mount

Canon EF lens mount

Introduced in 1987, 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...

. The EOS D30 was Canon's first "home grown" digital SLR. Before that point Canon had a contract with Kodak

Eastman Kodak

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 to rebrand the Kodak 2-megapixel DCS 520 as Canon EOS D2000

Canon EOS D2000

The Canon EOS D2000 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. Many enthusiasts regard the D2000 as Canon's first truly usable Digital SLR...

 and the 6-megapixel DCS 520 as Canon EOS D6000 digital SLRs, which combined Kodak digital backs and Canon camera bodies.

The D30 was aimed at the prosumer

Prosumer

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 market, and was intended to occupy the gap between the high-end consumer-market Canon PowerShot Pro70, and Canon's first professional digital SLR, the Canon EOS-1D

Canon EOS-1D

The Canon EOS-1D is a 4-megapixel professional digital single-lens reflex camera launched in November 2001. It was Canon's first professional-level digital camera developed and released by themselves, the previous D2000 being a collaborative effort with Kodak. It has a 1.3x crop factor with a CCD...

, which was released in November 2001. Due to the D30's release date, reviews frequently compared the D30 to the Nikon D1

Nikon D1

The Nikon D1 is a digital single-lens reflex camera introduced on June 15, 1999. It featured a 2.7 megapixel image sensor, 4.5 frames per second continuous shooting, and accepted the full range of Nikon F-mount lenses...

, which was aimed at the professional market.

The D30 was succeeded by the 6.3-megapixel D60

Canon EOS D60

The Canon EOS D60 is a discontinued 6.3 megapixel digital single lens reflex camera body, announced by Canon on February 22, 2002. It is part of the Canon EOS range, and accepts Canon EF, TS-E and MP-E lenses, but not Canon's later digital-only EF-S lens range.The EOS D60 sits in the prosumer ...

 in 2002.

Features

• 22.7 x 15.1 mm CMOS
  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
  Canon EF lens mount
  Introduced in 1987, 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...
  
   lens mount (excludes EF-S
  Canon EF-S lens mount
  The 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 supporting the EF-S mount are backward-compatible with the EF lens mount and, as such, have a flange focal...
  
  )
• 3-point auto focus
• 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 ISO speed equivalent
• 30 to 1/4000 s shutter speed and bulb
• TTL 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 (plus 5 positions & manual preset)
• Eye-level pentaprism viewfinder
• 1.8 in (46 mm) color TFT liquid-crystal monitor
• E-TTL 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
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• Optional BG-ED3 battery grip

External links

• D30 page at Canon U.S.A.