Canon EOS Elan 7 (EOS 3. EOS 7)Notes on the Canon EOS. Elan 7. (Elan 7. E, EOS 3. EOS 7)Copyright. © 2.
NK Guy. Here’s. some commentary on the Canon EOS Elan 7 camera. I don’t own this camera. Basic information.
The EOS. Elan 7, aimed at “advanced amateurs,” is the North American. EOS. 3. 3 and was introduced in 2. Canon’s EOS product lineup currently. EOS. 1v > 3 > 3. Elan 7*> 3. 00/Rebel 2. The Elan 7. is identical to the 3.
North. America for marketing reasons. There was an original Elan (EOS 1. Elan II (EOS 5. 0) but no Elans 3 through 6 - the “7” is just marketing. AF system. The Elan 7. E. is the same camera with eye control, sold as the EOS 3. In Japan. the camera is sold only with eye control and, oddly enough, marketed under.
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EOS 7 name. Very strange, as it precludes Canon from using the name for. It also implies that the camera is in a higher product. Anyway. Here’s the full product matrix: Market. North. America. Japan. Rest. of the world.
Basic. model. EOS. Elan 7n/a. EOS. 3. Eye- control. model. EOS. Elan 7. En/a. EOS. control withdate printing.
EOS. Elan 7. E Date. EOS. 3. 0 Date. It’s not.
ECF version of the camera with date printing. I’ll refer to the camera in this document. Elan 7/3. 0, since it’s easier than writing out “Elan 7(E)/EOS.
As far as I know there are no technical differences. North American, Japanese and international versions of the camera. Summary. The Elan 7/3. In fact, the pushbutton cursor keys on the rear control dial. Instead, the camera is a sensible evolutionary. EOS cameras that advanced. I was quite. interested in this camera when it was announced - it really sounded like the.
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Sadly. it turned out to be a disappointment for me. The Elan 7/3. 0 is a very good. EOS 5. 0/5. 0E/5. Elan II/Elan IIE - but Canon made certain cost- cutting and marketing. Why? Well, I. have a variety of photographic interests, but three particular priorities. The Elan 7/3. 0 is terrible at all of these in ways. Elan/1. 00 and the Elan II/5.
IR compatibility - all three models have problems. Of course, if your particular photographic interests don’t. Finally, and. this is more of a general handwaving gripe, the Elan 7/3.
It does everything its predecessors did and a little more. It looks very nice. But compare the camera to the remarkable Minolta Dynax/Maxxum. Admittedly the Minolta product. Stuff I like about the. Elan 7/3. 0. The vast majority.
Elan/EOS 1. 00 are rectified in the Elan 7/3. These include. a 3.
E- TTL and FP mode flash, multiple (7). AA and lithium cells and replicates. AF control by a rear button), support for both wired and wireless shutter. Wow. So far. it’s sounding like the perfect camera! Here are some details.
The basic feature. All the usual metering modes - manual, full auto, time. Built- in flash, fine for fill flash when you don’t. Second- curtain shutter. Lots of custom functions. Plus piles of other stuff, like the usual. AI Servo”. focus tracking, etc.
Suffice to say that Canon has all the basics covered. Sophisticated. 3. Supports E- TTL. and FP mode flash. Also supports the latest Canon flash features - wireless. You can select these points by using the rear- panel cursor. ECF version of the camera, by looking at the appropriate.
Rear quick. control dial. It’s great to be able to be in manual mode and adjust the. You can also use the dial for program shifting.
The Elan 7/3. 0 adds a new feature to the dial as well - small pushbutton “cursor. It’s very. quiet. At least for an SLR. Canon claims, in fact, that the Elan 7/3.
SLR they’ve built. I’m not sure about this myself - the. Elan 7/3. 0 seems pretty quiet, but it also has a distracting higher- frequency. Elan/1. 00, which was the previous record- holder. Still, the Elan 7/3.
EOS 3. It is not, however, silent, no matter what Canon’s. I like quiet cameras.
I suppose noisy cameras are good at impressing people. I really don’t find that personally.
The only advantage I can think of for a noisy camera is in fashion. The Elan 7. E. EOS 3. EOS 7 support Canon’s eye- control system, ECF. I haven’t. used it enough to offer opinions on it, but views tend to be in two camps.
Either it’s a hugely useful system or it’s not. These. views tend to be based around whether ECF is capable of reading your particular. Manual metering. mode has a simulated match- needle scale.
Optional battery. BP- 3. 00 which can contain either four AA cells or two lithium CR1. A cells. The grip also has AE lock and shutter release buttons, with a separate switch. The grip. also has a tripod mount, though offset from the lens axis. Unfortunately it. Support for. the famous Custom Function 4.
This lets you move autofocus control to a rear. Support for. both wired and wireless remotes. The wired RS- 6. 0E3 remote uses the small phono. T3 and N3 sockets employed by the higher- end EOS models.
I know some people think these sockets are a good thing, particularly the. I’d prefer to have a cheap phono. The wireless is the wonderful RC- 1 remote - compact and handy, with both immediate. In bulb mode you can press the RC- 1 button once. Built- in dioptric. Very cool. If you wear glasses you can adjust the viewfinder to. Independent. depth of field preview button, located near the lens mount.
The same button. also triggers the modelling flash. There is a. custom function supporting leader- out on film rewind. The mode dial. has a side- mounted release lock which is hopefully less vulnerable to the. EOS 5/A2 and Elan/1. For a non- pro. camera, it seems quite sturdy. The top shell is made of textured aluminum.
It has a steel lens mount. Canons. Keep in mind, however, that since the mount is attached to a plastic frame.
EOS camera that’s metal all the way. The key advantage of metal mounts is that they’re superior to. It’s an. excellent size - just slightly smaller than the Elan II, and definitely sleeker. A bit big for a lot of occasions, perhaps, since people tend to get apprehensive. Compared to a pro camera it’s small) and.
So it’s. not that great for casual snapshots, even though it’s a bit smaller than. Elan/1. 00 and the Elan II/5. But neither is it a monstrously. EOS 1 or 3. It feels solid in the hand; good. Like all cameras these days it’s designed for right- handed people.
Physically the Elan 7/3. EOS cameras - Canon seem to have decided that the Luigi Colani curved.
EOS 3. Mirror lockup. Unlike with previous Elan cameras it’s. Push once more to take the photo. However. it’s not manual mirror lockup like on an old manual camera - you can’t. Flash sync. of up to 1/1. A camera you can go as high as. FP mode if you use an external E- TTL compatible flash unit.
AE lock button. on the back, by your right thumb. If you’re used to older EOS cameras. There’s. a film plane mark printed on the top deck. You can switch. between the three available metering methods - evaluative, partial and centre- weighted.
For the record, the Elan 7/3. T9. 0. Evaluative metering appears as [(*)] in the LCD. Unfortunately this information. LCD. Also, you have. Elan II/5. 0, so it’s a nuisance.
Whether you. set the shutter speed value using Tv mode or M mode or the aperture value. Av mode or M mode, the Elan 7/3. It appears to store the two values as two variables. M mode. settings are not retained independently of the Av and Tv mode settings) This. Moderately. fast 4 frames per second shooting speed. AI Servo mode)Stuff I don’t like. Elan 7/3. 0. As noted in.
And they’re. really a shame because the Elan 7/3. Elan/1. 00. and Elan II/5. HIE film - in common)In several important. I think this is really unfortunate. Serious limitation. I have no idea why Canon decided to take this disappointing cost- saving measure. Their advertising emphasizes the speed at which AF can work, so perhaps they.
It may also be because of the. AF point spacing.
Whatever the reason, the camera’s AF system is rated at performing between. EV, just like the cheap Rebel 2. EOS 3. 00. Compare to 0 and 1. EV. for its predecessors - the Elan/1. Elan II/5. 0/5. 5. And - 1 and 1. 9 EV for. Nikon F8. 0/N8. 0.
I do a lot of low- light photography, and. You can’t even rely on manual focussing. Canon have an excellent reputation for fine AF performance. I don’t understand. Elan 7/3. 0 and the digital D3. AF at 2- 1. 8 EV).
Hopefully. things are going to improve in this area. The D3. 0 was roundly criticized for. AF and its replacement, the new D6. AF range which allegedly. EV, though this is apparently primarily due to changes in its. AF assist light. Serious limitation. AF assist. Not only is the camera bad at focussing in low light, but it doesn’t.
AF assist light. Instead it simply pulses the main flash tube. Not to mention battery- draining. You can, of course, turn this strobing feature. AF assist at all unless you. I much prefer the patterned red light employed by its predecessors, which.
I guess Canon moved to using the flash. AF assist light, putting an AF. LEDs probably saves a few. Of course, you can attach an external flash unit or ST- E2 controller and use. AF assist light on that. But if you do any non- flash photography in low. I frequently do, this is not an optimal solution.
Pay many dollars. Serious limitation. IR fogging. As with all of Canon’s current lineup except the top of the line 1. V. the infrared positioning diode that senses film sprocket holes also fogs the. Kodak’s HIE infrared film.
This is a huge problem for users. HIE and irrelevant to everybody else.
I have another page dealing with. EOS cameras for those interested. Serious limitation. The Elan 7/3. 0 does not support stop- down metering for manual.
Previous EOS cameras let you attach manual focus lenses through. Elan 7/3. 0 does not meter correctly when. So you have to compensate for this yourself when shooting. Note that I say “apparently” since I’ve heard conflicting reports. A non- linear error. I have no idea whether this design flaw was due to obscure technical reasons.
ECF or diopter adjustment?) or whether Canon marketing decided it’d. EF- compatible lenses only.
I can understand a limitation like this being built. This camera is sold as the perfect. And advanced amateurs are the most likely crowd of.
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