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{{Infobox camera | camera_name = Canon EOS IX
  | image = Canon EOS IX E Austin Calhoon Photograph.jpg
  | type = [[Advanced Photo System|APS]] [[single lens reflex|SLR]]
  | lens_mount = [[Canon EF lens mount]]
  | focus = TTL Phase Detection [[Autofocus]] (3 zone)
  | exposure = PASM autoexposure<br>6 zone evaluative metering
  | flash = Built-in flash <br>[[Guide number]] 11
  | frame-rate = Up to 2.5 frame/s
  | dimensions = 132 x 80 x 59 mm
|date=October 1996|price=JPY 92,000 (body only)|filmformat=APS|weight=485 g|battery=2x CR123A|speedRange=ISO 25 - 8000|shutter_speeds=30s - 1/4000s}}
The '''EOS IX''' (world markets) or '''EOS IX E''' (Japanese market) is an [[Advanced Photo System|APS]]-format [[single-lens reflex camera]] that was introduced by [[Canon Inc.]] of [[Japan]] in October 1996 as part of their [[Canon EOS|EOS]] series SLR cameras.<ref name="museum">{{cite web
|url = http://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/film191.html
|title = EOS IX
|website = Canon Camera Museum
|author = Canon Inc.
|author-link = Canon Inc.
|accessdate = 2017-06-23
}}</ref>   The other APS camera in this series is the [[Canon EOS IX Lite]], also known as the EOS IX 7. Production ended in 2001.

==Autofocus and viewfinder==

The EOS IX features Canon's Multi-BASIS TTL phase detection [[autofocus]] system with three focusing points.  The Japanese EOS IX E model added Canon's Eye Control focus point selection system;<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/Frary/canon_eos_ix.htm
|title = Canon EOS IX: APS on Steroids
|author = Frary, Peter Kun
|accessdate = 2007-02-10
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20121210091120/http://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/Frary/canon_eos_ix.htm
|archive-date = 2012-12-10
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> in both, the three focus points can also be selected between manually, or automatically by the camera.  The selected focus point lights in the [[viewfinder]].  Other superimposed viewfinder features include masks for the three APS formats (C, H and P), while an LCD outside the image area displays other shooting information.  The viewfinder incorporates a roof [[pentamirror]] of 0.6× magnification (with a 40&nbsp;mm lens focussed on infinity) and 95% coverage.<ref name="museum"/>

==Shutter, metering and exposure==

The shutter, a vertically traveling, electronically controlled metal blade unit, can be set for speeds between 30 and 1/4000 seconds, with an [[X-sync]] speed of 1/200 second.  A "Bulb" mode is also available, for exposure as long as the shutter button is depressed.  The speed is continuously variable in Program and aperture-priority modes, and can be set in half-stop increments in shutter-priority and manual modes.

Metering is via a [[silicon photodiode|silicon photocell (SPC)]] giving 6-zone evaluative metering, center-weighted metering, and 6.5% partial metering.  The metering range, at ISO 100 with a {{f/}}1.4 lens, is [[Exposure value|EV]] 1–20. Exposure compensation of ±2 EV can be applied in half-stop increments; the same range and increments apply to 3-shot auto-bracketing.  The film speed range supported is ISO 25 to 8000, using [[DX coding]] if available.

==Flash==

The EOS IX supports Canon's new [[E-TTL]] flash metering system when using modern [[Canon Speedlite|Speedlite]] EX flashes, as well as the older A-TTL system, which is used with the on-board popup flash and older external flashes (Speedlite EZ).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Canon EOS IX}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060317073610/http://www.photo.net/equipment/canon/eos-ix Review] by [http://philip.greenspun.com/ Philip Greenspun]
* [http://www.chem.helsinki.fi/~toomas/photo/canon-intro.html#IX Introduction to Canon EOS cameras] by [http://www.kk.ttu.ee/toomas/ Toomas Tamm]

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