Canon · 35mm film
Canon AE-1 Program
The AE-1 Program can choose both aperture and shutter speed, leaving you to focus the lens and wind the film by hand. It adds Program exposure to the manual-focus approach of the original AE-1.
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For a first manual-focus SLR that can choose both exposure settings while you learn.
Program mode chooses the shutter speed and aperture. You still focus and wind the film yourself.
Keep in mind Program mode needs a compatible FD lens set to its automatic position and a working battery.
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- Canon
- Model
- AE-1 Program
- Film format
- 35mm
- Camera type
- SLR (single lens reflex)
- Exposure
- Program auto, shutter priority, manual
- Shutter
- Electronic
- Battery
- Required, 1 × 4LR44 (6 V)
- In the gallery
- 3 sample photos
- Camera source
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Photographs made with the Canon AE-1 Program
The film, lens, exposure, developing, and scanning all influence the image. Select a photo for a closer look and its full credits.
Your first roll
The lens, power requirements and film to get started with this model.
- Lens
- Canon FD 50mm f/1.8
A standard manual-focus lens for the FD mount. Canon EF and RF lenses use different mounts.
- Power
- One 6V 4LR44 battery; needed for normal operation
Check the battery door and the lens’s automatic aperture setting.
- Film
- Kodak Gold 200, 35mm, 36 exposures
36 full-frame photographs per roll. A film lab can develop the roll and scan your photographs.
With an FD lens set to A, choose Program for your first daylight walk. Spend your attention on focus and framing.
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