I thought I would let you know that I use the elan 7e. I have dark brown eyes and wear glasses for a slight correction in vision. I do not need to recalibrate the eye focus very often, although I do find that sometimes I need to look slightly past the far left or right focussing points in order to highlight that point. I enjoy having eye focus but not as much as I thought I would. I learned to shoot on a camera that had one focussing point so i am in the habit of focussing on center and then recomposing. While I understand the draw of film, I cannot imagine having to deal with it again. If I had access to a darkroom I would still shoot film, however my last 11,000 pictures have been digital (10D, no eye focus there) and I do not regret it. I have learned a lot from those images.

One thing I have learned is that a camera is about much more then its features on paper. I encourage you to hold both in your hand and try the controls first. I also strongly agree with the notion that glass is most important.

-pete