I feel sorry for you since your EOS5 died. Yes, the eye-controlled focusing is marvelous!The EOS 5 is an excellent body and should serve you well for many many years (too bad mine kinda died after ALOT of use - was formerly used by a photojournalist).
Get used to the controls so you can concentrate on shooting rather than fumbling around with the settings. Remember to turn off the date function when shooting, lest you want those date stamps cluttering the corner of your shots.
Yes, I turned the time stamp off, thx!