Posted on 06/19/2012 5:41:45 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
This little beauty, along with a nice bag of goodies, came as a gift.
I'm going to start learning to sleep standing in a corner, I'm running out of space for a bed.
Canon AE-1 Program, 1981
“She who dies with the most fabric wins.”
LOLOLOL I know gals that will all tie for first.....Tie breaker is the one that still sew on an old Singer Featherweight! Preferably one that rates a 9.....
www.singer-featherweight.com
There are labs all over the place, just do a search. Film will be around for a while. Fuji and others are making plenty of good film.
At least it doesn't take up space
Wonderful old SLR! I have three of them: 1) AE-1 Program silver body 2) AE-1 Program black body 3) AE-1 silver body. Also have a nice A-1. All the power winders, flash, some lenses, etc. Most in great condition.
My first SLR was a Miranda Auto Sensorex EE that I bought out of the AAFES catalog. Took a lot of photos of planes and flight ops when I was aboard the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43).
No golf. He had a bad experience golfing and hasn’t golfed since.
But after talking to the Pros at Helix Camera in Chi, I found that the body of the AE-1 was made of 'plastic'. The first Canon or any 'top grade' brand to go that way.
So finding that out my decision was then pretty simple -- go Nikon. I got the Nikon FE and the MD-10 Motor Drive. It's been Nikon Only since then. And that was for any camera in our family including a point and shoot 35mm for the wife (which she still uses).
Plus there was one other difference between the AE-1 and FE that was pretty important to me. The Canon AE-1 was Shutter Priority, the Nikon FE was Aperture Priority. And controlling Depth Of Field was (and still is) everything. But the AE-1 'Plastic' Body sealed the deal for me for Nikon.
Not that the AE-1 or Canon is bad, many pros still use them(1).
It's kind of like in the field of music and electric guitars. The 'fight' over Gibson Les Paul vs Fender Stratocaster and which is 'better' will go on forever among players.
Lots of cameras use polycarbonates instead of metal castings. If you drop one of each on the sidewalk the plastic frame just might suffer less damage. In a salt air atmosphere like I live in plastic wins. The shutter priority issue only exists in auto mode, it’s not a big deal for me.
I like.
I was canoeing with Daffy.... No toys survived. ....:o)
Except this really nice cannon. Did you know you can’t canoe wit a cannon ?
Catastrophic consequences !
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