LOLOL, film cameras, DSLR's, Canon focusing screens

No, in fact I've only used one. I got these various places, 2 just because they were cheap, and a the others because they came with lenses I wanted. When I bought the full frame, I wanted a cheap small zoom "carry around" lens, a local guy had one of the Elans with a 35-85mm for 25 bucks

Just for time period, the Elan 7 /7e was released about 2000 til 2004, and was just over 800 bucks

The EOS 3 reigned from about '98 to 2007, and was over a grand or 1200 when released. Even though plastic, it was an advanced camera