Canon A1
Only One letter separates the Canon AE-1 from the A-1 but they are worlds apart. The A-1 has many more ways to control the exposure from aperture priority and program mode to exposure compensation. The A-1 indicates both aperture and shutter speed in the viewfinder while the AE-1 requires looking at the shutter dial on the top of the camera to confirm its setting. I can go on so I will. The A-1 has a multi-exposure setting and two self timer modes. When I was much younger I had a Canon AE-1 program but I sold it in order to buy a printer. The printer is long gone and I suspect the camera is still taking pictures somewhere. Since then I was always hoping to get another one but the A-1 has cured me of that. It is the one and only Canon SLR I need from that era. Since the time I first wrote this post I have traded my AE-1 away for an Olympus SP35 Rangefinder truly making this my only Canon SLR from this time.
