Sweet! I found a Canon AE-1 camera!

[Shockwave]

Man, I love moving. All that crap in the closets you never knew you had suddenly comes to light.
I have a Canon AE-1 camera 🙂
Yeah, its kinda old and need cleaning, but still.....Not a bad find considering I forgot I HAD a film camera!!

 

[Jzero]

Those are great cameras, too. I learned how to shoot on an AE-1

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: Jzero
Those are great cameras, too. I learned how to shoot on an AE-1

Have any documentation? All i got is the camera, and hell if i know how to use it!!
Ended up being a gift to me, which I didnt really use cause i have a digi cam but I figure no sense lettin it sit so.....

 

[tm37]

wanna sell it?

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: tm37
wanna sell it?

Cant answer that yet. Gonna play with it and see what I think of it. I know absolutely jack aboutit. Is it good? Was it good? Does it take pictures? Can it shoot videos??
Hell if I know. So, gonna check it out first.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: Shockwave

Cant answer that yet. Gonna play with it and see what I think of it. I know absolutely jack aboutit. Is it good? Was it good? Does it take pictures? Can it shoot videos??
Hell if I know. So, gonna check it out first.

I have one of these cameras. It's a very good, very reliable camera. Build quality is great. It's the kind of camera that if you take care of, it can last you a lifetime. Operation isn't too hard if you're familiar with manual SLR cameras, there's nothing unusual about it.

Personally, I'd much rather use an AE-1 over a new point and shoot film camera. If you take any amount of film pictures and don't own any other SLRs, I'd keep it and learn how to use it.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Shockwave

Originally posted by: Jzero
Those are great cameras, too. I learned how to shoot on an AE-1

Have any documentation? All i got is the camera, and hell if i know how to use it!!
Ended up being a gift to me, which I didnt really use cause i have a digi cam but I figure no sense lettin it sit so.....

It's fully manual, there's really nothing to it. The film advance is a thumb lever on the left side, the shutter button is on the right side. One dial has numbers - that's the shutter speed. A is for Automatic the camera picks for you. There is another dial that you use to choose Full Auto (Forget what symbol...big A?), Aperture Priority (Av), Shutter priority (Tv), or fully manual (M).

If using Tv or Full Auto, set the aperture ring on the lens to "A"

It's breech/bayonnet mount lens, so there is a release button, and the lens turns 1/4 turn and comes off.
The little slide to the right of the lens (with the lens facing you) closes the aperture so that you can gauge depth of field.

Push the shutter button 1/2way to activate the light meter which is displayed in the viewfinder.

That's about it. No-frills, not much to break, maybe that's why they were so solid 🙂

 

[Doggiedog]

That's a great camera. It was my first camera and the one I learned photography on. Is it an AE-1 or an AE-1 Program?

Nice find!

 

[cherrytwist]

I've got a Pentax K-1000 somewhere...

 

[UNCjigga]

What's it worth?

 

[KC5AV]

They seem to be going for between $100 and $150 on ebay. I know that doesn't really answer the question about worth, but it's a starting point. My brother has one of these, and it is a wonderful camera. I'd like to get my hands on one someday. I've got a different canon slr that I really like, but the AE-1 is pretty much bulletproof. Great find.