Canon AE-1
There is plenty of information available about the Canon AE-1 so I won’t spend too much valuable photography time writing about it but I will say that it leaves something to be desired in terms of ease of use. My primary complaint being the lack of any feedback in the viewfinder (in manual mode) as to what the camera is set to. Also the lack of exposure compensation beyond a hard to locate +1.5 EV backlight compensation button make it less versatile than other similar SLR’s from that time even a basic Pentax K1000 using metered manual is easier.
Used in shutter priority mode which is really its native setting it’s fine and the viewfinder is big and bright. There are many FD lenses available with the 50mm 1.4 being a great example and reason enough to shoot with this camera if you are willing to take the time to adjust to it’s controls.
