Hi dear David! Few days ago you reviewed Canon AE-1 program and now A-1. If you are me, which one you will choose to buy or to use? What is the big deference? Thanks for your reviews! Sincerely your Najib from Denmark
Hi, Najib, were it me, I would go with the A-1 because the build quality is a bit better. The biggest difference is the feature set. The A-1 is more complex because it has more stuff that it can do. The AE-1 Program is designed for a larger audience, including more people who don't need or don't want to use all the A-1's features. So if you want a streamlined and easy experience, the AE-1 Program is the best bet. If you want to handle and manage a lot of complexity and capability, compared to the AE-1 Program, then the A-1 is the choice.
@@DavidHancock wow. Ok. Thanks for the reply. Maybe they are not so common to find in good condition like yours anymore! Very interesting walk through you did. Thanks for sharing this info:)
Having shot exclusively digital for many years, I hadn't used my A1 in quite a while. These videos were an excellent refresher on using the camera on which I learned about photography in the first place. Thanks!
Nope. Here's the best advice I can give you on cameras: buy one and learn to use it well. Don't have tons of cameras with similar capabilities lying around.
@@DavidHancock ok, I want to get a automatic camera, and I am between the ME super or F and the A1. The issue with the MEs is that they need to be fixed for the common issue of infinite winding and mirror locking but are much cheaper than the A1 that I can get in my country. There are repairs shops here, so that isn’t an issue and they probably won’t need to change parts, just degrease and relube. I can get them for an equivalent to 50 dollars, or a bundle of Me super, Mg and Me for 100.
Hello! Thank you so much for this helpful video. I just purchased an A1 and I have two questions about shooting in manual mode. First is about the the exposure compensation dial on the left. When I'm shooting in full manual mode - is that exposure compensation dial only affecting what my meter is telling me my exposure should be? Or is that dial actually changing my exposure FOR me? I ask because the meter on my camera is off slightly from meter readings on my light meter. Adjusting the exposure comp dial is making my in-camera meter match what my external light meter is telling me which is a good thing but I don't want that dial to actually change my exposure, I just want it to adjust my meter readings. I hope that makes sense. Second question is - if my lens is set to a specific aperture that I want to use, but my meter is telling me a different aperture I should use, can I just set my shutter speed as I'd like and ignore the AV that the camera's meter is telling me? The AV is set on the lens how I'd like it so if my meter is telling me a different AV that's just a meter reading right? My camera isn't actually going to choose that AV it's telling me in the meter? Like, does the AV on the lens override what the meter is telling me? Thanks so much again!
Good questions. In full manual, the EV adjustment will change your meter reading, not adjust any settings. The camera will still do what you want it to do. With the lens question, if you have the lens at f/8 and the camera says f/4 and you leave the shutter speed at that setting, the image will be very dark. So in that case, you would want to use the shutter speed to make the aperture setting change from f/4 to f/8. As you adjust one setting, the other should also change, so using the meter in full manual is a match-number approach to what you want your settings to be. If you are focused on the aperture value specifically, then dial that in and adjust the shutter speed until you're happy with the reading in the viewfinder.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. So I set the AV I want on my lens, then just adjust my SS on the camera until the compensation matches with the AV on my lens in the meter reading? @@DavidHancock
Wow, you made it look simple and that's true mesure of a brilliant mind. I just bought one and having come from the old manual needle in the middle, I had no idea. Thank you much.
This is the most informative video on the whole TH-cam about Canon A1
Thank you!
Absolutely amazing in-depth look at this camera - thank you for taking the time to make this!
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Thank you so much for explaining the whole double exposure feature (and everything else) 😀
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Top info about multiple exposures, Gonna go have some fun 😀
Oh no! Hold on, hold on! Let me get a popcorn bucket! 🤩
Very curious what the other A1 viewfinder variations looked like.
Pretty similar to the F-1 focusing screen options.
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Great Chanel,thak you,i have a general question, what is the' macro adopter 'that mentioned on lenses review,and were can i get it?
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What mirrorless camera are you using? I'll drop you a link.
Hi dear David!
Few days ago you reviewed Canon AE-1 program and now A-1. If you are me, which one you will choose to buy or to use? What is the big deference?
Thanks for your reviews!
Sincerely your
Najib
from Denmark
Hi, Najib, were it me, I would go with the A-1 because the build quality is a bit better. The biggest difference is the feature set. The A-1 is more complex because it has more stuff that it can do. The AE-1 Program is designed for a larger audience, including more people who don't need or don't want to use all the A-1's features. So if you want a streamlined and easy experience, the AE-1 Program is the best bet. If you want to handle and manage a lot of complexity and capability, compared to the AE-1 Program, then the A-1 is the choice.
Thank you David. I bought the A-1 a week ago and as some one who has very little knowledge about photography, this is very helpful.
Thank you! Great camera choice, too.
Out of curiosity can you pick one of these up cheaply now? Or would you mind saying what you had to pay for yours?
@@diggerlenny4836 These are definitely not cheap right now. A decade ago I could get these for about $40. I think they run about $180+ body only now.
@@DavidHancock wow. Ok. Thanks for the reply. Maybe they are not so common to find in good condition like yours anymore! Very interesting walk through you did. Thanks for sharing this info:)
@@diggerlenny4836 I'm in South Africa, I bought it for R2500 which is $132. It was just the body.
Having shot exclusively digital for many years, I hadn't used my A1 in quite a while. These videos were an excellent refresher on using the camera on which I learned about photography in the first place. Thanks!
Thank you!
Amazon content David, thanks a lot. Will defnitely come back to this when I forget about some functions of the A1. Thanks!
Thank you!
Is a canon a1 worth it if one has a Pentax ME super or ME f?
Nope. Here's the best advice I can give you on cameras: buy one and learn to use it well. Don't have tons of cameras with similar capabilities lying around.
@@DavidHancock ok, I want to get a automatic camera, and I am between the ME super or F and the A1. The issue with the MEs is that they need to be fixed for the common issue of infinite winding and mirror locking but are much cheaper than the A1 that I can get in my country. There are repairs shops here, so that isn’t an issue and they probably won’t need to change parts, just degrease and relube.
I can get them for an equivalent to 50 dollars, or a bundle of Me super, Mg and Me for 100.
@@k-panga If you already have lenses for one of those, stick with it. Otherwise, I'd look at the A-1 of those three.
@@DavidHancock I have just 1 50mm Pentax k mount from a k1000, and 3 m42 lenses from an older camera.
Amazing video, thanks for sharing, thanks to you I got a full understanding of my camera
Thank you!
Superb pair of videos. Thank you, David, you have this done to an art.
Thank you!
thank u so much for how thorough you went through each feature!! I can't wait for my A1 and finally put it into use
Thank you!
Hello! Thank you so much for this helpful video. I just purchased an A1 and I have two questions about shooting in manual mode. First is about the the exposure compensation dial on the left. When I'm shooting in full manual mode - is that exposure compensation dial only affecting what my meter is telling me my exposure should be? Or is that dial actually changing my exposure FOR me? I ask because the meter on my camera is off slightly from meter readings on my light meter. Adjusting the exposure comp dial is making my in-camera meter match what my external light meter is telling me which is a good thing but I don't want that dial to actually change my exposure, I just want it to adjust my meter readings. I hope that makes sense.
Second question is - if my lens is set to a specific aperture that I want to use, but my meter is telling me a different aperture I should use, can I just set my shutter speed as I'd like and ignore the AV that the camera's meter is telling me? The AV is set on the lens how I'd like it so if my meter is telling me a different AV that's just a meter reading right? My camera isn't actually going to choose that AV it's telling me in the meter? Like, does the AV on the lens override what the meter is telling me?
Thanks so much again!
Good questions. In full manual, the EV adjustment will change your meter reading, not adjust any settings. The camera will still do what you want it to do. With the lens question, if you have the lens at f/8 and the camera says f/4 and you leave the shutter speed at that setting, the image will be very dark. So in that case, you would want to use the shutter speed to make the aperture setting change from f/4 to f/8. As you adjust one setting, the other should also change, so using the meter in full manual is a match-number approach to what you want your settings to be. If you are focused on the aperture value specifically, then dial that in and adjust the shutter speed until you're happy with the reading in the viewfinder.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. So I set the AV I want on my lens, then just adjust my SS on the camera until the compensation matches with the AV on my lens in the meter reading? @@DavidHancock
@@lauraellenellen that's how I do it.
Amazing thank you again! @@DavidHancock
Wow, you made it look simple and that's true mesure of a brilliant mind. I just bought one and having come from the old manual needle in the middle, I had no idea. Thank you much.
Thank you!