![]() I quickly became a creature of the darkroom, monitoring it on the weekends for modest pay and volunteering to assist other students. That summer accelerated my love for photography at lighting speed. And much to my excitement, a fully-manual camera was at the top of the list for course materials. So I enrolled in a summer darkroom photography course at the local community college. The idea of exposure control and handling my own film seemed like a brave and exciting new world Up until that point I'd only really paid attention to composition, but suddenly the idea of exposure control and handling my own film seemed like a brave and exciting new world. With the school year coming to a close I was eager to learn more about photography. ![]() By the time May rolled around, we were printing at least 50+ copies an issue (eventually closer to 150+). What started out as mostly a joke blossomed into a full-blown amateur journalistic/photographic obsession. I shot this in 2004 for a cover of Dan's Zine, a monthly publication I published with some friends. Skateboarding was my earliest photographic obsession. We printed them on the B&W Xerox machines at my father's office and distributed the copies by hand in school and at a local deli. I was the chief photographer/editor and took my role quite seriously (for a teenager, at least). The September (2003) prior I'd launched a monthly zine with some of my friends, packed to the brim with skateboarding and rock & roll photographs, along with silly articles and band/artist interviews (creatively named, Dan's Zine). I'd been an avid film shooter for about four or five years prior, but hadn't owned a fully-manual camera (coincidentally the AE-1 Program is one of the first mass-market SLRs with auto controls). I first picked mine up along with a "nifty fifty" for $200 at the end of my second year of high school (May, 2004). Over the years it's a camera that I've come back to again and again as a means to hit reset, and recontextualize my love for photography. Not that there's anything particularly extraordinary about this classic film SLR, aside from its affordability, availability and reliability – ok, I guess that makes it a little special. Counts down during rewind.The Canon AE-1 (Program) is by far the camera that has had the most impact on my life. Resets automatically when camera back is opened. Advances with camera-top lever’s 120 stroke (partial strokes enabled). Battery check with button and blinking LED. One 4G-13 6 V mercury oxide battery or 4LR44 alkaline battery. Film speed range from ISO 6 to 12800 in 1/3 steps. Metering range at ISO 100 and f/1.4: EV -2 – 18. Five AE modes: Shutter speed-priority AE, aperture-priority AE, program AE, preset aperture-priority AE, and Speedlite AE (with dedicated Speedlite). SPC for TTL full-aperture center-weighted averaging metering or TTL stopped-down metering. The standard screen was later replaced by the brighter and sharper Laser Matte screen.ĭigital readout with 7-segment red LED for shutter speed, aperture, dedicated Speedlite flash-ready, manual settings, and warning displays. Six interchangeable focusing screens optional (installed by service personnel). Split-image rangefinder encircled by microprism rangefinder at center of fresnel matte screen. 0.83x magnification, 93.4% vertical coverage, 95.3% horizontal coverage. X-sync automatic-switching sync contacts with German socket and hot shoe.įixed eye-level pentaprism. Canon FD 55mm f/1.2 SSC, FD 50mm f/1.4 SSCįour-axis, horizontal-travel focal-plane shutter with cloth curtains.
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