Hello old friend. We have previous. But that is ok, I’m happy to take you out and walk you around. Doing what you do best. Capturing moments in time. Moments he’d nod curtly at and enjoy. I hope.
These days, every time I shoot with the Canon AE1 Program is memorable. I usually keep the 28mm on as it is the same as my Leica Q and tends to be the way I view the world. Together they make a light combination and one that people don’t look at twice in the street. Just another camera. Perfect for taking it places a bigger camera normally gets left behind.
The simplicity, and usefulness, of a aperture priority camera is often looked out with an upward nose turn. I for one welcome it. Sometimes it is ok for photography to be easy. To be, of all things, fun. Not a task to be mastered. Focus on the image for a while, ignore the technicalities.
All images were shot with my oddly favourite film Kentmere 400 and scanned at home with a Plustek 8200i.
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Reinhold on 5 frames with a Canon AE-1 Program – By Greg May
Comment posted: 06/03/2018
My own AE1 just gave up when firing the shutter. No more shutter release and no more film advance lever movement :(
Comment posted: 06/03/2018
Dave on 5 frames with a Canon AE-1 Program – By Greg May
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karellen on 5 frames with a Canon AE-1 Program – By Greg May
Comment posted: 07/03/2018
I can accept it on digital where I can check straight after the shot, but not on film where I discover it only weeks later... The second reason, not practical, is that I prefer mechanical shutters, if not for reliability I like to hear the personality of the camera that emerges in the form of all the mechanical noises it makes!
Comment posted: 07/03/2018
Karl Valentin on 5 frames with a Canon AE-1 Program – By Greg May
Comment posted: 07/03/2018
it just feels not half the way as solid.
The time I used it I never trusted the automatic and handled the settings manualy - so why
a program automatic makes life easier if it dont work for 100% ?
Comment posted: 07/03/2018
David Hill on 5 frames with a Canon AE-1 Program – By Greg May
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Patrick Copley on 5 frames with a Canon AE-1 Program – By Greg May
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Noan MOUSY on 5 frames with a Canon AE-1 Program – By Greg May
Comment posted: 13/09/2018
This camera is fantastic for me because of my personal history : My father had one in the past, and my grand-father too.
I have a 50-135mm zoom who I don’t use very much because of the bad aperture and not very good quality but I got a 25 mm and 50 mm are very good, and the 200mm zoom can be very good to.
And the best is that this stuff cost me less than 100€ because FD canon mount are so cheap !
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Comment posted: 12/11/2019