> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I read somebody saying (on another site) that on the eye-controlled
> Elan II you can get a DOF preview by looking at the upper corner of
> the viewfinder, which causes the camera to stop down and give you a
> preview.   I've never heard this mentioned and the person writing was
> not that experienced - is this true?  Interesting feature if so.  Or
> is it?  If it's real, IS it useful?

Hi Ken,

It was so useful that everyone complained, and Canon removed that feature
from the Elan 7E, and replaced it with a dedicated DOF preview button :-)

Unfortunately, they also replaced the metering mode dial with a push button
and turn mechanism at the same time :-(

See:
 http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0011A6

CF-11
 http://www.photozone.de/EOScf.htm#50

Cheers
Julian Loke

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