Canon AE1 Program Compact Camera

It may be a few years old now but if you can get your hands on the Canon AE1 Program you will have one of the best all time cameras ever made. It quite simply takes the perfect picture. I recently took mine into a photographers for a service and clean up, the proprietor commented on the excellence of the camera and offered to buy it off me there and then, even an offer of £350 could not persuade me to part with this camera. It is an SLR type 35mm semi-automatic camera over which you have full control of appeture, shutter speed, film speed, flash etc, you are in total control, unlike todays ... more

I bought my Canon AE1 many years ago, new. I used it for my coarse work at college and was able to take a wide variety of photographic shots with relative ease, and all with good results. With a few different aperture and speed setting a wide range of effects are possible. Timed shots allow you to set up a shot and enter into it yourself. You can use a whole range of lenses and filters with it (as I did). It is a very compact, versatile camera, for people who want to have input into their photographic results rather than just point and shoot. The instruction booklet was clear and very easy to ... more

I'm studying photography as a degree and this camera has been with me throughout my photogrpahy experience. I have had other cameras but this one is by far the best. My Course leader recomendes this camera to new students which means it can't be bad. it is a great learning camera and a good professional camera. A bit heavyier than most of the new cameras. But this has the classic wind feature that most modern cameras don't have. It is a totally manual camera with TTL comlete ( through the lense light meter), which is a plus feature for manually setting those aperatures. The manual is very Easy ... more