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  • Guest 16th Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    love the Canon A1 camera so so reliable its like an old friend who goes everywhere with me.

  • jmrackowe Rank: Staff Sergeant 15th Jun 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    The Canon A1 is a superb conventional 35mm camera.

  • vannbaker Rank: Lance Corporal 3rd Nov 2006

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    I have taken thousands of photographs with my Canon A1s, with films ranging from Kodachrome 25 and 64 to medium and high speed color print film as well as a range of black/white film.

    The camera has a great feel and balance, and has full manual control for virtually any type of subject matter, fr ...

  • Stephen Anthony 19th May 2006

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    Starting last year I decided to get back into photography after leaving it alone for 20 years, so I joined a local club and blended into the background and watched and learned. I purchased a couple of Nikon autofocus SLR's (F55 & F65), but the results were disappointing, then I spotted a Canon A1 on ...

  • Ieuanfawr Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel 17th May 2006

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    The Canon A1 35mm SLR is a classic camera, surpassed only by the F1.

    I have had mine since about 1980, and have four lenses: 2 zooms and two fixed focal length. I also have the 199 Speedlight which is very powerful, and will work with lenses as wide as 24mm. I did have the motor drive (now sold ...

  • Andyg009 5th Dec 2005

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    I have had my Canon A1 35mm SLR camera for 25 years. It is a good camera, and I have taken many good pictures.

    I have considered buying a second one.

  • Chris Orwell Rank: Lance Corporal 31st Oct 2005

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I have been using a Canon A1 camera for my coursework on photography at college. It has never let me down once and the last owner used it for 15 years very regularly and never had any problems.

  • steve marino 8th Sep 2005

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Canon A1 SLR may be the best manual focus camera ever made. It had features that were way ahead of its time, like the LED readout in the viewfinder, that shows aperture and shutter speed, and the ability to change both with just one knob on the top of the camera. The 'snick' of the shutter is a ...

  • jcollins30 Rank: Lance Corporal 13th May 2004

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    When my Canon A1 35mm SLR camera appeared to give up the ghost I put it in a cupboard and forgot about it. That was 2 years ago. I recently got the photography bug again and started to scan the net for inspiration on what camera (digital I suppose) to buy. low and behold all this praise for the anti ...

  • wannsee 3rd Apr 2004

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    A EOS10D, EOS 5 and a T90 before that my Canon A1 was not getting any use. Then just for fun I put a roll through the A1 35mm SLR Cameras!!
    All of a sudden I became a photographer again, yes the A1 is my main camera again !!! So if you can get one or even 2 it will never let you down and maybe your ...