Came across 2 AE-1 Program cameras this afternoon in a big bag in the closet. Had FD 70-210 mm 1:4 lens; Vivitar MC Tele Converter; FD 50mm 1:18 lens and some accessories. I went through your guide. Took about an hour since I had to keep pausing and it's amazing that you held my attention for that long. I even took notes. Will head over to Vid 2 after I've had some coffee.
This was my first camera I received as a HS graduation present in 1982. It always worked great. I later picked up an A-1 to get multi-exposure ability! I loved them both!
Thank you, your videos provided an excellent re-acquaintance with my first camera that I haven't touched in two decades, but that i'm excited to take up again!
8/19-23 l like your camera reviews, when I was in the Navy 1979-83 the C anon AE-! was the preferred camera to use for shooting film, My own preference was the Konica AutoRreflex T which also had auto-exposed like the AE-1. For my medium format, I upgraded to the Mamiya 645 for the larger negative format.
Nice! Yeah, the Konicas were really good. For the NAvy cameras, those changed as the procurements and contracts changed. Back in the 40s, Graflex and Kodak cameras were the preferred cameras (or at least the ones I have seen the most with USN property tags on them) and later in the 90s the Nikon F4 was used a lot (I had a USN surplus F4 that I used for some videos on this channel, too.)
