Canon EOS 300

{{Distinguish|Canon EOS 300D}}

{{Infobox camera | camera_name = Canon EOS 300

| image = Canon EOS 300, 1803122013, ako.jpg

| type = 35mm SLR

| lens_mount = Canon EF lens mount

| focus = TTL Phase Detection Autofocus (7 zone)

| exposure = PASM autoexposure
35 zone evaluative metering

| flash = Built-in flash

| frame-rate = 1.5 frame/s

| dimensions = 140 x 90 x 58.5 mm, 335g{{cite web |url=http://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/film214.html |title=EOS REBEL 2000 |website=Canon Camera Museum |accessdate=2017-05-12}}

}}

The Canon EOS 300 (EOS Kiss III in Japan, EOS Rebel 2000 in North America){{cite web

|url = http://photonotes.org/manuals/eos-rebel-2000/#differences

|title = Using the Canon EOS Rebel 2000/EOS 300/Kiss III/Kiss IIIL cameras - an unofficial manual

|author = NK Guy

|publisher = photonotes.org

|year = 2007

|access-date = 2008-02-22

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160923111853/http://photonotes.org/manuals/eos-rebel-2000/#differences

|archive-date = 2016-09-23

|url-status = dead

}}

is a consumer-level 35mm single-lens reflex camera, produced by Canon of Japan from April 1999 until September 2002 as part of their EOS system.

Designed under the supervision of Yasuhiro Morishita, the camera was intended as a replacement for the Canon EOS 500N.{{cite web

|url = http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/design/design_room/flash/eos_kiss3.html

|title = Design Room: EOS Rebel 2000 – EOS 300 – EOS Kiss III

|author = Canon

|work = Canon Camera Museum

|access-date = 2008-02-22

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071225183601/http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/design/design_room/flash/eos_kiss3.html

|archive-date = 2007-12-25

|url-status = dead

}} The camera was a success for Canon, selling exceedingly well and dominating its market sector until it was replaced by the EOS 300V (Rebel Ti, Kiss 5).{{cite book

|last = Dennis

|first = Matthew

|title = The PIP Expanded Guide to Canon EOS 300/Rebel 2000

|year = 2004

|publisher = Sterling

|isbn = 1-86108-338-6

|quote = … one of the most popular cameras ever …

}}p. 9, The PIP Expanded Guide to the Canon EOS 350D/Digital Rebel XT, James Beattie and Tracy Hallett, Sterling Publishing

Company, Inc., 2006, {{ISBN|1-86108-482-X}}.

Canon EOS 300 won European Imaging and Sound Association Award 1999-2000.

Like other low-priced SLRs of the time, the EOS 300 used a pentamirror viewfinder instead of a pentaprism, and had a polycarbonate body.[http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/306/budget-slrs-come-into-their-own.html Budget SLRs come into their own] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312152537/http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/306/budget-slrs-come-into-their-own.html |date=2008-03-12 }}, Herbert Keppler, Popular Photography, February 2002. Accessed on line February 22, 2008.

The autofocus capabilities of this camera were identical to Canon's much more expensive Elan 7 with six single-line CMOS sensors surrounding a central cross-type sensor.{{cite web

|author = PopPhoto staff

|title = CANON EOS Rebel 2000

|url = http://www.popphoto.com/pdfs/1201/top_cameras/AF_35mm_slrs/canonrebel.pdf

|year = 2001

|publisher = Popular Photography magazine

|access-date = 2008-02-23

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040321001154/http://www.popphoto.com/pdfs/1201/top_cameras/AF_35mm_slrs/canonrebel.pdf

|archive-date = 2004-03-21

|url-status = dead

}}

The EOS 300 should not be confused with the later Canon EOS 300D (EOS Digital Rebel in the US and EOS Kiss Digital in Japan), a popular entry-level digital SLR from 2003.