Jim Davis wrote . . .
> I believe for those willing to do a bit of testing, and gain
> the knowledge needed to know what's going on, TTL is just as
> good, maybe better than E-TTL any day of the week. It does have
> advantages, see no pre-flash!
You make some very interesting points, Jim.
Does the Elan 7 force E-TTL, or can it be "dumbed down" to work with
just TTL, thus eliminating the pre-flash? If so, then it might be
nice to set that CF (or whatever) and have E-TTL available only when
necessary.
Otherwise, for me the greatest benefits to the Elan 7 are its noise
level (_extremely_ quiet) and its fast AF (same as in 1v, from what I
understand). For ECF fans, the 7e is supposedly the best (fastest)
implementation of this feature yet.
Like you, I prefer manual control over the camera and I anticipate
using AF only on the central point for the times I use it at all (I
have a difficult time anticipating this, as I've never used an AF
camera before). So the only real advantage to the Elan 7 for me is
the nearly silent operation--a feature I've come to really appreciate
in shooting my M6.
My ideal EOS camera would sound like an Elan 7 but have
interchangeable focus screens like the EOS 3 (so I could put a more
manual-focus friendly screen in), a spot meter, and--here's the
sticky point--the eye relief of a Leica R8 or Nikon F100.
I haven't found a camera yet that combined those features plus a few
others I hold dear (the F100 has no mirror lockup; the N80 doesn't
even have DOF preview; and the Leica R8--which comes closest to my
ideal--is noisey, has no great motor drive / grip available, weighs
as much as a 1v, and takes lenses that are spectacularly expensive).
So the Elan 7 is, so far, my best compromise.
Dan
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