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Film Anonymous
Hey /p/,

I recently bought a Canon AE-1 of some guy on craigslist, with a 50mm 1.8, for $30. Not knowing anything about the camera I thought it was broken when I was trying to meter with it, changing the aperture ring did nothing to the meter.

So I read up on it and found out that is it a shutter priority camera and the aperture is set depending on the selected shutter speed.... AE=Automatic Exposure, guess I'm just dense. I didn't like that too much as it seems to be limiting.

Anyways, after I figured that out I went and grabbed some cheap film from the drug store on my way out for the night, sooo here are some shots I got...

tl;dr

Got a Canon AE-1, here are my first shots with it

C&C welcome

Film was cheap ISO 400 "Shoppers Drugmart" branded
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>> Anonymous
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omg borkeh etc..

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>> Anonymous
Surely it has a manual mode, too?

Shutter priority is daft unless you're trying to line it up with the fastest sync speed possible with some flashes.
>> Anonymous
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It was fucking dark in here

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my beautiful art installation

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mmm... I fucked up the focusing here, now I REALLY wish there had been someone working away in there

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>> Anonymous
>>290575

Again, could have been good if you had some people in the scene.
>> Anonymous
whoa, I fucking need a faster lens
>> Anonymous
>>290553
I thought it was aperture priority.
Does it have a program mode?
I have an AE-1 and it's certainly aperture priority.
I just leave it on 1.8 and program.
>> NatureGuy !se3A3TwzdY
>>290569
>>290571
>>290575


These are not terrible for dicking around but you do need to learn how to focus. Doesn't that have a cat's eye prism? One of the sexiest ways to manual focus?

Also put more thought into composition. If you see something you like, consider what could be in it to make you like it more and do so, even if it means you sit there for 2hours.
>> Anonymous
Should of gotten a k1000.

Pics are alright.
>> SAGE
>>290607
fuck your pentax, OM4-T or GTFO
>> else !L6xabslN96
dig the borkeh.
>> Anonymous
>>290566
>>290565

I like these two a lot
>> Anonymous
>>290553

How did you take this shot? I don't get it.. did you put another camera in the frame and cropped it out? wtf?
>> Anonymous
>>290612
We're comparing basic-level student cameras. Get your fancy shit out of here and enjoy comparing it to things like a Pentax LX or a Canon EOS1n.
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>>290593
Nope I just have the AE-1 not the AE-1 Program.

>>290606

I don't really think learning how to focus was the problem. I was lucky to shoot above 1/15 so some of it was motion blur and some camera shake, and it didn't help that I was fairly inebriated.

>>290575
though this one was me purely not putting in enough attention.

This wasn't really the setting to put more than 10 seconds in terms of composition, I was all over the place.

excuses excuses excuses though right? ahaha thx for the feedback though, going to get another roll and play with the camera a bit more. Knowing that I was going to use up the whole roll that night, I probably would have gotten ISO 800.

Here's another of the stove top .

Has better focus, but I liked the other one 'cause it gave more the idea that it was a house party rather than a messy apartment.

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and one more of the quest for food at 4am

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>> Anonymous
>>290672

srsly??

It's called taking a picture of yourself in the mirror and then horizontal flipping it in Photoshop
>> NatureGuy !se3A3TwzdY
>>290682
you can hand hold 1/15 with a 50mm, more so if you lean on something. The imbibing of alcohol would inhibit you though...
>> Anonymous
>>290688

How did he get that picture on his computer? It's a film camera.
>> NatureGuy !se3A3TwzdY
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>>290699
haha o wow
>> Anonymous
>>290699
Get CD-ROM when devolping, a derrr.
>> SAGE
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>>290699
how do i get on the internet oh im in trouble now

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>> Anonymous
i was just kidding guys lol