(Melissa) wrote in
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Is there any real difference between the two bodies? I have a Canon
Elan 7 that I purchased about 3 years ago and I have a friend looking
into purchasing the Elan 7n and I assume it is the new version of the
Elan 7, but are there any differences???? She seems to find that the
elan 7 is more expensive than the ELan 7n.
Thanks!

I own the Elan 7. Great camera. I started out with a Rebel, then moved up
to the Elan. Unfortunately, I haven't used it as much as I'd like to. I
bought my digital 10D body shortly after the Elan, and film has taken a bit
of a backseat to digital in my home. Now that the 20D is on the horizon,
the 10D will soon become my second digital body (wife's camera ;-) ).

You can't go wrong with either Elan model, but the key additional features
in the 7N a

E-TTL II
Faster Autofocus (the 7 is pretty damn fast for the price I paid)
LCD backlight (nice touch)


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