Canon AE-1 Film Camera

The Canon AE1 Program camera combines a lot of things to make picture-taking easier, while at the same time yielding great photos. Lately we seem to put everything into digital cameras because they are so easy to use. The Canon AE1 Program may not be as simple to use as a digital, but there are also advantages. How many times has your auto-focus camera produced a fuzzy picture because it didn't focus on the object you were expecting it to? With the AE1 Program, you control the focus. It is not automatic, but you can actually watch the viewfinder and rotate the focus to any point you like.
This camera does several things automatically that once required manual settings. It will choose a shutter speed and f-stop for you in the Program mode, or you can select a shutter speed yourself and let the camera choose the correct f-stop. On the other hand you can decide both if you prefer.
The camera will be louder than your digital, because when you press the shutter release, the lens must stop down and the mirror must flip up out of the way before the shutter opens and closes, then the mirror drops back down again. All this happens quickly but it seems loud if you are accustomed to a digital camera.
If you use the correct flash with this camera, it will automatically set the shutter to flash speed and set the lens opening for the proper exposure.
The Canon lenses are well known for sharpness, and the lenses made for this camera are no exception. It also can use lenses made for the other Canon "A" series cameras.
If you want to take control of your photos while at the same time having some degree of automatic operation, you will be highly pleased with this camera.