Canon A-1

remember the Canon AE-1 i've picked up earlier this year? since then i was on the hunt for the FD 50mm f/1.4 lens. lucky me, as i got the lens for the average market price, but including the A-1 (which is kind of the pro-version of the AE-1). the A-1 was build from 1978-1985 and was the first SLR to offer an electronically controlled programmed autoexposure mode. today this feature can be found in virtually every camera in production.

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Canon AE-1

i've always had a soft spot for photography, but never had the time to deepen my knowledge in this subject. currently using a Panasonic G1 for goofing around, i now ordered an analog Canon AE-1 (which was built from 1976-1984, being the first SLR to be controlled solely via a built-in CPU) to learn everything from scratch.


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