In this episode of Retro Camera Review, Ep. 15, we dive into the differences and similarities between two iconic vintage cameras: the Canon AE-1 and the AE-1 Program. Join us as we explore the unique ...
In the last few years we’ve seen a distinct trend in photography: the rise of mirrorless cameras. With fewer moving parts, these cameras are smaller, lighter, and less imposing than their DSLR cousins ...
A while ago, I discovered my first-ever film SLR camera, a Canon AE-1, that had been gathering dust in the attic. As I reported in a piece I wrote a few weeks back, I couldn’t ever see myself using it ...
A classic SLR film camera gutted and given a digital upgrade -- blasphemy? Maybe, but there's no denying that this mod by Diego Monge is plenty impressive. He started out with a Canon AE-1 Program SLR ...
I loved my Canon AE-1. I still have it somewhere. But because it uses analog film, and since I more or less gave up on shooting onto silver-halide stock in the late 1990s, it has been tucked away in a ...
This is the Canon AE-1D. No, it's not Canon's latest retro-styled DSLR. It is an old Canon film camera hollowed out and stuffed with an Ixus 870 IS. It's also the best hack I have seen this week. The ...
Canon is one of the last major manufacturers to hold off jumping on the ILC bandwagon — but if they were to, this is what I’d like to see them do. This stunning concept is the Canon AE-D by David ...
I'm looking for some various lenses for my second hand AE-1 Program camera. I know I at least would like a wide angle and a telephoto of some sort, but I dont know the first thing about which are good ...
Greatest thing of all time? It’s at least in the running. Some very dedicated Canon lover (and DIYer) has put the guts from a modern Canon digital into the a hollowed-out AE-1, one of the wonderful ...