To the photographers who have used the new Elan 7 - can you tell us whether the CF4 on this body works the same as the CF4 on Elan II or is it similar to CF4 on EOS 5/A2? Here's the brief description of how this feature works on the Elan II vs. EOS 5/A2:

"After setting up CF 4 to 1 and CF13 to 1 on my A2, the camera will take the final meter reading right before the shutter button is fully pressed. Therefore, if you recompose your frame after you focus w/ "*" button, the meter reading will change because the camera will take the final meter reading right before the shutter button is pressed. This doesn't serve the purpose of locking in the meter reading. On the ElanII, locking in the meter reading means you focus w/ the "*", locking in the meter reading by 1/2 press the shuttle button, then RECOMPOSE the picture with the shuttle button 1/2 pressed (w/o changes in the meter reading), then press the shuttle button all the way. Therefore, this doesn't make the A2 CF4 feature to be equivalent to the ElanII CF4."

Thanks a bunch for your answers.

-- thang nguyen (nguyentnt@hotmail.com), October 30, 2000