the repair process was a bit tricky. Fortunately this hasn’t provento be as frequent a
problemas manypeople expected that it would be.

8.2 Lens Incompatability

Other than problems with the battery compartment, the most frequently reported trou-
bleseems to be an incompatibility with some third party lenses. Theysometimes cause
the camerato lock up with the battery indicator flashing in the LCD. Some lenses will
simplynot work at all withthe Elan II/IIe and others willlock up only if youuse it with
themotor drive set on continuous. Somethird party lenses willnot cause this symptom
butthe aperture will not work or it will display some other malady.
9 Specifications
The EOS Elan II/IIe is a great camera with plenty of features for the enthusiast. It has
proven to be reliable and easy to use. It has been upgraded to the EOS 30/Elan 7/7e
which has a fewmore AF point, a bit faster operation and a few other improvements,
butthe Elan II/IIe isn’t far behind.
Viewfindercoverage: 90% vertical and 92% horizontal with 19.5mm of eye relief
Meteringsystem: 6 zone evaluative, 9.5% partial and center weighted
Meteringrange: EV1 to EV 20 with 50mm f/1.4 lens and 100ISO film
FilmSpeed range: ISO 6 to ISO 6400, or ISO 25 to ISO 5000 with DX coding
AFworking range: EV 0 to EV18 with ISO 100 film
AF assist beam: Near infrared, up to 21 feet for center AF point and 13 feet for
sideAF points
Shutter: Electronicallytimed, 30 seconds to1/4000 second, top flashsync at 1/125
sec.Filmadvance: 2.5 frames per second max.
Builtin flash: GN of 42 feet with ISO 100 film,coverage for 28m lens
Dimensions& weight: 152.5mm (W) x 104.4mm(H) x 71mm (D), 590 grams
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