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* [http://camarasclassicas.blogspot.com/2011/04/a-team.html The A Team] an article about the SLR A models, AE-1, AT-1, A-1, AV-1 and AE-1 Program at [http://camarasclassicas.blogspot.com/ Classic Cameras] by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/raulm/ RaúlM.] | * [http://camarasclassicas.blogspot.com/2011/04/a-team.html The A Team] an article about the SLR A models, AE-1, AT-1, A-1, AV-1 and AE-1 Program at [http://camarasclassicas.blogspot.com/ Classic Cameras] by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/raulm/ RaúlM.] | ||
* Lionel's [http://35mm-compact.com/reflex/canonae1program.htm Canon AE-1 Program overview] at 35mm-compact.com (in French) | * Lionel's [http://35mm-compact.com/reflex/canonae1program.htm Canon AE-1 Program overview] at 35mm-compact.com (in French) | ||
− | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10514 AE-1 Program] at www.collection-appareils.fr | + | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10514 AE-1 Program] at www.collection-appareils.fr (in French) |
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Manufacturer: Canon
Film type: 35mm
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The AE-1 Program is a 35mm SLR camera made by Canon in 1981. Canon describes it as a successor to the enormously successful AE-1, released five years earlier.[1] Many users wanted the program auto exposure mode found on the A-1, whereas the AE-1 has only shutter-priority AE (and metered-manual exposure); so when designing its successor, Canon added a program AE mode to the specification, and the AE-1 Program became even more popular than the AE-1. Canon also upgraded the available power winder (winder A2 replacing the A1), and the camera can also be used with Motor Drive MA.[1] The camera also has the A-1's 'Action Grip', the detachable (and so frequently lost) grip on the front right of the body. The camera looks very similar to the original AE-1, but is internally quite different.[2]
The A-series SLRs were built using some plastic parts (including metallised plastics for top and bottom covers, not always recognised as plastic) to a varying extent (the A-1 has less plastics than the AE-1P, including metal top and bottom covers; the AV-1 has more). This has sometimes been criticised as simple cost-cutting, but probably contributed as much to reducing the weight of the cameras, in a period when several Japanese makers were already doing this (as in, for example, the Pentax ME and Olympus OM-1).
Like all the A-series cameras, the Program can develop a 'squealing' fault of the mirror brake. This can be remedied by re-lubricating the mechanism. Failure to correct the fault can eventually lead to irreparable damage. Like the A-1 and AE-1, the Program's battery compartment door (a plastic part, even on the A-1) fails rather easily.[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 AE-1 Program at the Canon Camera Museum.
- ↑ Tomosy, Thomas (1999) Camera Maintenance and Repair, Book 1, revised edition, 1999. Amherst Media Inc., Buffalo NY. ISBN0-936262-86-9. p97, primarily about the AE-1.
- ↑ As at January 2016, a replacement battery door for the AE-1 (which may fit other models) is offered by micro-tools.de.
Links
- Modern Classics Review
- Canon AE-1 Program Camera Manual (PDF) : Photo-Manuals.com
- The A Team an article about the SLR A models, AE-1, AT-1, A-1, AV-1 and AE-1 Program at Classic Cameras by RaúlM.
- Lionel's Canon AE-1 Program overview at 35mm-compact.com (in French)
- AE-1 Program at www.collection-appareils.fr (in French)