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For me Canon Cameras are the best. I bought my first one in 1968 an FTb. Later in the 8o's I bought a an AE1 Program and then in November I bought, on Ebay, an A1 with 3 Lenses, bag, all manuals etc, from a guy 4 miles from were I live - Fantastic. Now that I have bought the AE1 I will use the A1 for Colour and the AE1 for Black and White. There is nothing I dislike about these cameras so I dont need to compare with similar models from Nikon etc. Camera magazines do that for me I would like to add to my feedback to the seller of the AE1 now that I have put a roll of film through and acheived excellent results.
My son opened up the camera for Christmas, pressed the shutter, it worked, loaded the shutter for another test, and it didn't work the second time. The shutter clicked but then stayed open. Pressed the battery check button and shutter closed. From then on, the camera has not functioned correctly and no matter how many attempts to fix it, nothing works. Very disappointed.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The camera came perfect, i was looking for one of this for some time. Great machine and very valuable.
I bought this for a number of reasons. I wanted a good camera that was smaller and lighter than my DSLR without compromising on the basic features of my DSLR, I wanted a camera that was just a camera and didn't have all the extra bells and whistles (I find many of the extra features of modern cameras to be too distracting from getting a great image right the first time in camera) and being a bit of a newbie to film I wanted to try out a smaller format (35mm instead of the 120 stuff that my clunky 645 uses). This is a fantastic camera. I'd like to think that most people who have an idea about basic photography could work out how to use this an start taking photos within minutes. It's fairly well contstructed - the durable plastic outer case feels solid to me, and I suspect it is built on a sturdy metal frame. The weight of the camera is much less than my DSLR. I can carry this around all day if I wanted to and instead of deciding my wrist or hand is getting tired and that I should take a rest, it's more like I decide it's pretty late and I should have had something to eat hours ago. The film advance lever feels solid and winds the film with intent. It doesn't feel like a toy. You can easily wind the film with one action or multiple smaller cranks. The light meter displays in f/stops on the right hand side of the viewfinder in bright red LED numbers. A little distracting, but it beats the hell out of the needle variants of some earlier cameras. The shutter does seem a bit loud - I don't know if this is characteristic of this model or if this particular example needs a service (likely!). The button on the top left from the photographer's point of view doubles as a battery tester with an audible signal instead of visual and a self-timer cancel function. The battery tester is a really handy feature. You can use most FL lenses on this camera if you're comfortable with stopped-down metering as well as all FD and "FDn" lenses. My only gripe about the design of the camera is the grip feels a bit small, but I have noticed over time that I've been getting used to it. Using the neck strap as a wrist strap certainly helps. I also have an AV-1. Compared to the AV-1 the AE-1P is a little heaver and has more options (like depth of field preview, exposure lock, shutter-priority mode, flash sync cable, ASA speed up to 3200 instead of 1600, red-lit meter instead of needle) but they both feel like decent cameras to me. You should be able to pick up an AE-1 Program and a 50mm f/1.4 lens for under $200, or with a 35mm for under $150 (AUD as of Aug 2012).Read full review
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