Title: Canon A-1 Manual Author: Christian Rollinger Subject: www.canonfd.com Keywords: canon a-1, a1, camera manual, instructions Created Date: 2/11/2001 7:12:56 PM

I've waxed lyrical about the Canon AE-1 program before, you can check out my comprehensive review here. One of the best film cameras for beginners. The only beef I have with the Canon AE-1 Program is the exposure meter in the viewfinder. It reads in aperture down to a minimum of 1.4 and below that it just flashes. This is a group for users of the Canon AE1, a true modern classic, and the first 35mm SLR camera to be controlled solely via a built-in Central Processing Unit. There are no restrictions on photo content, number of posts, types of lenses used, image manipulation, etcthe only requirement is that all group posts originated from a Canon AE-1 body. Related: canon ae-1 program pentax k1000 canon a1 minolta x-700 olympus om-1 canon ae-1 black film camera canon ae-1 body canon ae-1 camera canon f1 nikon fm2 canon ae-1 lens Include description Categories The AE-1 was the first in what became a complete overhaul of Canon's line of SLRs. The 1970s and 1980s were an era of intense competition between the major Japanese SLR brands: Canon, Nikon, Minolta, Pentax and Olympus.Between 1975 and 1985, there was a dramatic departure from heavy all-metal manual mechanical camera bodies to much more compact bodies with integrated circuit (IC) electronic I'm not sure if the Canon AE-1 is manual exposure, but if so, you need to learn how to set the shutter speed and aperture to get the right exposure for the lighting conditions. Slide films (such as Fuji Velvia 100) are also great, but they also tend to be picky with exposure, so they are considered more "advanced." I recently bought a Canon AE-1 and I'm now in the process of learning how to use it. I'm looking to shoot mainly in auto exposure seeing as it has this function. However, I'm not too sure on how to use it because it seems to be too simple th