Jaye.'s Review of Canon AE-1 35mm SLR camera
19th Nov 2002
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Features
Durability, power, heavy, a real tank. It made me take a look at the Canon manual line and those superb FD_lenses. Top quality metering, complete manual control if desired. Top flight metering, in any mode. Topflight results, just a marvel. And a great collectors item. Hey this is comingfrom a Nikon_guy.
Bad Points
They stopped making them. Could have created a more advanced, version. Should have advanced the FD_lenses also.
General Comments
Hey, I am a Nikon_guy. But I always wanted, an AE-1. Well, I got the AE-1, and a Vivitar 283 flash, for $25.00, from a neighbor, who was given the camera on a trash route. I put batteries in the flash, and POW!!, then, I ran a roll of 200 speed in the AE-1, to my surprise, the shots were....POW, a big hit. I have run a few rolls through this baby, and the shots, are great. I just love this camera. And guess what, I went out and got a Canon A1. This is a horse. But the AE-1, is so amazing. A top quality find, for any level of photographer. Find one and give it a shot. Take it from me, it kicks.....as I was saying, it's GREEEEAT!!!!!
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Yankeeblue. on 4th May 2003
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Modern Classic SLR Series - Canon AE-1
However, the AE-1 was not in anyway a professional-grade SLR as compared to the Canon F-1. It was generally regarded as a classic and ... Modern Classic SLR Series; The Canon AE-1 - Index Page
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The Canon AE-1 Program - Index Page
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Canon AE-1 camera manual
: I have a Canon AE-1 Camera (thats all I know). After my grandfather passed away I was given this camera. There arent any instructions on how to use this camera.
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Canon AE-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Canon AE-1 was a 35 mm single-lens reflex (SLR) film camera for use with interchangeable lenses. It was manufactured by Canon Camera K. K. (today Canon Incorporated) in Japan from April 1976 to 1984. It used an electronically-controlled, electromagnet horizontal cloth focal...
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Canon AE-1 Program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Canon AE-1 Program was a 35 mm single-lens reflex camera that used Canon's FD mount lenses. It was introduced in 1981 as the successor to the Canon AE-1, five years after that camera's introduction. The major difference was the addition of the Program AE mode first seen...
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CameraHobby - Canon AE-1 Program Review
These were the main selling features of the AE bodies and such electronic bodies from both Nikon and Canon acknowledged more consumer-oriented offerings.
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Nikon EM, Canon AE-1 Program
photos and description of the nikon EM and Canon 35mm ae-1 program ... In addition the camera was able to exposure manually at 1/90 sec. if the battery went dead.
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AE-1
The original AE-1 was lacking a programmed AE mode, while the fabulous spec Canon A-1 has six exposure control modes in all - of which the Programmed AE was one of them.
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Thanks. My teenage daughter is looking at getting into photography. I have an old Olympus SLR from the early 80s I use and was looking for some kind of reliable camera I could get her for her birthday. I was thinking of a Canon AE-1 that I saw in an on-line auction, but wanted to see what others thought of the thing.
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