Hi -sorry to be a bit late to this party. The D-7 is in a whole new league when it comes to the Contax data back series as it not only offers date imprinting, but acts as an intervalometer, provides extended long exposure, a much wider series of data printing options and is good until 2079! The English language instructions run to 30 pages although I do also have a simple 2 page quick guide to many of the features if that may help.