Back when I was 17 years old I bought my very first SLR camera from Ted's Camera Store in Brisbane city. It was a Canon AE-1 and it cost me 6 weeks wages which was alot back then. I had that camera for about 15 years and put many rolls of film through it until it accidently fell off a chair at a cafe at Southbank and I broke the shutter mechanism. Eventually I bought a digital camera and have had many different ones since I got back into photography when my kids were born.
As they say everything old is new again and a few years ago I bought a 2nd hand Canon AE-1 film camera from Australian Analog and going back to the old focus method of split-image focusing is certainly an adjustment. The last roll of film I put through had lots of light leaks so I had to get the camera rebuilt completely with all new seals etc which cost me $395. As these cameras range anywhere from 40-50 years old you can imagine that the seals just deterioate over time.
This is the first roll I've put through since having it rebuilt and taking photos inside with a fixed ISO of 400 [how sensitive the film is to light the film] is not that great so I feel this camera is better for outdoors where there is more light. With my digital camera you can adjust the ISO for any image whereas with film all your shots are the same ISO in this case I bought Kodak Portra 400.
The Canon AE-1 Timeline
Over 5 million Canon AE-1 cameras were sold worldwide during it's production run, making it one of the best-selling SLR cameras of it's time.
1976 Original Canon AE-1 introduced.
1978 Canon A-1 introduced, offering more advanced automatic exposure modes.
1981 Canon AE-1 Program released, adding fully programmed automatic exposures.
1984 Original AE-1 production ended.
Today AE-1 remains popular with film photography enthusiasts and collectors.
My sister took this of Teddy and I so it was the first pic on the roll.
Shorncliffe Pier - lots of people out fishing.
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