Canon EOS Elan IIe 35mm SLR Camera (Body Only)

May 11th, 2008 admin

Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00004TH9M
Manufacturer: Canon
Average Customer Review: (From 18 total reviews)
List Price: ~~$499.99~~
Amazon Price: $388.11 (1 new 4 used available)
You save: $111.88 (22.38%)

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Features

35mm SLR camera with built-in flash
Distinctive aluminum styling
Camera body only; lens sold separately
Accepts all Canon EF lenses
Eye-controlled focus system

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description:
Canon’s EOS Elan IIe 35-millimeter camera builds on the superior technology of Canon’s EOS family; the most successful family of SLR cameras in the world. The Elan IIe incorporates the EOS family’s superior technology with easy-to-use controls to make this camera the ideal choice for both amateurs and professionals. The unit offers such user-friendly features as quick-control dial, auto-focus mode, an easy-to-view LCD panel and automatic exposure control for perfect color regardless of the lighting or time of day. The EOS Elan IIe handles much of the work for you, but still leaves you in control of the shot.Photography provides an endless variety of subjects, and every subject provides an endless variety of creative compositions. The EOS Elan II/Elan IIe makes it easy for you to concentrate on composition, rather than camera function. The three-point Eye Controlled Focus system almost always puts a focusing mark where you want it…where you’re looking! This intuitive interface joins you and the camera as never before. With its advanced Eye Controlled Focus, the EOS Elan II/Elan IIe literally becomes an extension of your vision. After you complete a simple calibration process to customize the system for your eyesight, the camera stores your personal data in one of three calibration channels. An intelligent program accumulates even more data when you add calibrations to your channel during various indoor and outdoor lighting conditions.

Amazon.com Product Description:
With easy-to-understand key controls and command dial, the Canon EOS Elan IIe offers advanced SLR features. It has automatic exposure control for any light conditions and a built-in flash that lets you shoot indoors or out, day or night. The Canon EOS Elan IIe is fully automatic, but lets you control the essentials manually. It offers nine different programmable exposures and a 10- second-delay self-timer. This unit includes the camera body only; the lens is sold separately.

It is slightly different from the EOS Elan II in that it features eye-controlled focus. This allows the user to control the point of focus by looking at specific parts of the image; an onboard sensor follows eye movement and the lens automatically changes focus as the eye moves to points within the frame.

This model features an LCD screen showing exposure information and LED readouts showing custom functions. The viewfinder provides all the information you need to set up your shots, including depth of field, flash, shutter speed and aperture, and much more. The EOS Elan IIe allows for film speeds from ISO 25 to 5,000. The speed is set automatically in 1/3-step increments; it can also be set manually from ISO 6 to 6,400 in 1/3-step increments.

Film is loaded automatically and advanced to the first frame when the camera back is closed. You have the choice of single-frame or continuous shooting at approximately 2.5 frames per second; the film counter reveals frame number. Film is rewound automatically at the end of the roll, or after 36 exposures with a midroll rewind option. The Canon EOS Elan IIe uses any Canon EF lens.

Customer Reviews

excellent camera by
I’ve owned my Elan IIe for about 4 years, and love it. Although it’s been upgraded to the Elan 7e, I see no need. The IIe has such distinct features and ease of use, I haven’t used another camera that compares. Excellent construction, and very durable.

Nice camera, good system by
The Elan II benefits from Canon’s EOS system’s advantages, like great lenses and speedlites. I’ve been using this camera to photograph from wildlife (mainly macro) to rock concerts (28-105 sigma lenses) and have been pleased to find that this camera really meets my needs. It’s fast, reliable and obbeys your commands, even if you tell them with your eyes!
It’s a good buy and can be used by pros and amateurs.

great quirky confusing by Nikwax
I’ve been taking 35mm pictures for 35 years, and this is my favorite camera so far. I shot a couple of hundred rolls of film with this and it really feels like an extension of my vision. The light metering is sophisticated and usually does a great job even in tricky situations, the optical quality of the 28-105 Canon lens is stunning, and the frame is sturdy and durable. What’s not to like?

Well, there’s the manual to begin with. There is no way you can access and understand all of the features that this camera has (and there are a LOT of features) by reading the manual. They just do a poor job of explaining, for example, the three metering modes and the three autofocus modes. I’ve had mixed sucess with the eye-controlled autofocus and find it a distraction now, and poor luck with the depth of field mode (if I could only get eye-controlled depth of field to work reliably). Depth of field preview? Pretty basic, my 35 year old SLR had it, the IIe’s is not very functional. And for all the ballyhoo about the autofocus modes, the predictive focus mode hunts around so much that your subject will be long gone before the camera locks on to it (just try taking pictures of a puppy).

Comparing this camera to the Rebel, I would wish for a combination of the two: I would like the light weight and functionality of the Rebel with the sturdyness and some of the flexability of the IIe. For a beginner, stick with the Rebel and a good lens (NOT the 28-80), you’ll be much happier. As for me, I should be hunting up one of those MagicLantern manuals for the IIe and practicing with the eye-controlled autofocus.

I would rate this camera 5 stars for what it can do, but decided on 3 stars based on what it should do and doesn’t or says it can do but doesn’t do very well.

great, reliable entry-level SLR! by Frank Sellin
I’ve had my Elan IIe since 1998, bought on the advice of my former roommate who’s also a part-time pro, and it’s done exactly the job I needed it for. Much more sturdy than the EOS/Rebel line, the Elan IIe’s got a good solid but lightweight frame (aluminum, I think). I wholeheartedly recommend paying the extra 100-200 USD or so to get into the good low-end SLR market without going too cheap (don’t forget, buy cheap, buy twice!).

Autofocus technology has improved over the last few years; but although I hear the Elan 7 is nifty with seven autofocus points to the IIe’s three, I haven’t seen one to say if it merits the bang for the extra buck. Of manufacturers, Canon has had the best autofocus tech reputation for years. The IIe has quite good eye control on 3 autofocus points, if occasionally finicky. It adapts to individual users’ eyes, with or without glasses.

Unlike one review I saw elsewhere, I have had plenty of use for the autofocus on landscapes or other nature shots requiring depth of focus. Want to go manual for closeups, portraits, specific situations? It’s a flick of a switch on a Canon EF lens. I agree that spot metering is quite limited, but this puppy has three different metering settings that break up the field of view in different balances.

I also dig the main dial setting for aperture-size priority while the camera automatically adjusts for shutter speed (to be sure, almost all automatic SLRs now have this option as standard). Bracketing exposures is also fairly easy (and necessary to get that precious photo just right over three exposure possibilities), and can be done manually or automatically. If you can’t spin all of one or two easy-access dials, what are you doing playing with SLRs?

For the techologically-intimidated or situations where you have no time to adjust, the main control dial has several easy to use modes that require no thought/adjustment. A little time spent with the camera will quickly and easily help you graduate from the point and shoot hordes. The manual is one of the clearer gadget manuals I’ve ever seen.

Add my emphatic vote to those who advise going for deals with an upgrade possibility on a Canon 28-105mm zoom, and do *not* get stuck with a 28-80. The former is just a great all-around lens. Traveling as I do, I’ve discovered the need to add over time two other Canon lenses, a 75-300 mm (f 4.0-5.6, USM) telephoto zoom, and a 24mm wide angle (f 2.8) fixed lens (nice and sharp!). Sure, you might get a little sharper with Nikon lenses, but you’ll pay another few hundred dollars for the privilege, not to mention the significantly greater weight of a more expensive Nikon body. For amateurs like myself, I can’t justify that modest extra bang for the buck, especially given the utility and value of my setup while hiking in parks or stomping around fascinating East European cities and countryside.

I try to take care of gear, but my Elan IIe did take a few heart-stopping bounces down some concrete stairs. While some nearby Montenegrins may have picked up several new English obscenities over the next five minutes, this camera picked up just a few scratches on the body and much more importantly, kept the lens alignment. Naturally, I strongly, strongly advise against trying to repeat such a heart-attack-inducing experiment, and probably got exceedingly lucky, but was impressed with the durability of this camera.

Like I say, this entry-level camera rocks; you should only look at the next step down to see what you should skip.

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