hjoseph7 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) The Canon Elan 7e. I purchased this camera about 10 years ago to replace my beloved Canon Elan II. The Canon Elan II was my first Canon Camera and it's the Camera that got me to switch from Nikon to Canon. It was a "Chrome" AF film camera with all the bells and whistles(well almost), however it was sitll considered an enthusiast camera. When Digital came out my Elan II was quickly shoved on shelf inside a dark, hot and humid closet where it fell apart, literally . Despite my switching to Digital, I still wanted to shoot film and even though I had 2 manual film cameras I still wanted/needed an AF film camera. I First tried the Canon EOS3 which was a semi-pro AF film camera, but that camera was so noisy and intimidating I was hesitant to take it out. It no way matched the affinity I had for the Elan II. So after a few years and a lot of research I puchased the Canon Elan 7e from KEH. That camera stayed in my closet for years, (but this time it was protected by a weather resistant case) unless I needed to make some test to see how it worked. Back then, I thought it looked kind of plasticky and cheap and did not measure up to the Elan II. This week while taking inventory of my photo equipment I decided to take another look. Wow, how times have changed. This is a sleek, compact and beautiful camera. It sort of has this 'Darth Vader' look with the smooth black finish. It has all the functions that the Elan II has and more except for a Lighted LCD screen and Spot Metering. Although I don't think the Elan II had Spot Metering either ? I hate to run down all the Specs because they are all over the web. What I can say is that this camera is not much bigger than my Manual Nikon FM2 ! This is Amazing considering this camera also advances the film automatically. After the experiece with the EOS3 which like I said was extremly LOUD, this camera is almost wisper quiet which is also amazing. Slap an 'L' series Canon lens on there and you are good to go. With the Canon "nifty-fifty" 50mm f1.8 you might forget you are even carrying something in your hands its so light. Here's a picture:. Edited July 21, 2022 by hjoseph7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Thanks for the report. I find it interesting and educational I did an almost interminable series on the EOS Canons (Partial list) EOS 650 Canon EOS 650 - First of the Breed EOS 620 Canon EOS 620 - Canon's first EOS "professional" camera EOS 630 Canon EOS 630 - Another Historic Canon Camera EOS-1 Canon EOS 1 - The historical Pro EOS film camera Kodak DCS Pro Kodak Professional DCS ProSLR/n/c batteries and adapters EOS 10S Canon EOS 10s - another historic Canon camera EOS 700 Canon EOS 700 - another historic Canon EOS camera. EOS 5 =A2e EOS 5 (variant in USA ~A2e) - another historical Canon EOS camera EOS-3 Canon EOS 3 - an historic Canon camera EF-M - Canon EF-M - A manual focus camera that takes only Canon EOS EF lenses Canon EOS Elan (aka "100") - Photo.net Modern Film Cameras Forum Canon EOS Elan (aka "100") But I somehow didn't cover any of the Elan series until the end (the Elan 100) and that camera was kind of flaky, so not a good exemplar.. I still don't quite know what to do about them, but I do know that the only Canons i'll eventually, if ever, get to will be the D30 and D60 early digital (not to be confused with the 30D and 60D!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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