Takes damn-fine pictures. They look great. Automatic or Manual focus; user-choice on the lens. All other EOS lenses will fit into it, and there are a bunch of lenses to go around for it.
Problem with it: I never ever ever take it anywhere. Last time it came out of the closet was BeepBash '05. (Only reason I brought it there was because I thought that the last picture taken on the roll of film in the camera was of me-n-Peter in his house from Dec. '02. After getting the roll of film developed, I found out I was incorrect...But that's beside the point.)
If you *need* a film camera, you could do alot worse than an EOS.
If you don't *NEED* a film camera, I would recommend a digital...But that's specifically not your request, so I won't go into it.