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grant
nice enough camera. check canonfd.com you can find your cameras instruction manual there. if you want, you probably find your lens's manual at butkus.org, then follow the link to the camera manual site. I have many of the A series cameras, but not the AV. I can tell you these facts: It was in a series of extremly successful cameras that, on average, equal fuckwin. The name of the lens mount (type of lenses) is called Canon FD. There is no explanation ever released by canon on what FD stood for. You must manually focus and zoom your camera. This involves turning the rings in your camera lens. The ring with the numbers from 1.8 or 2.8 or some low number, and going to 11 or 16 22 etc, with only a few numbers inbetween is the apeture ring. The one with more numbers and with two sets of numbers is the focusing ring. there may be a third ring, with numbers starting above 20, possibly starting near 70, and ending higher. Thats would be the zoom ring. not all lenses have a zoom feature. Your camera runs on, I believe, though yours may not, on a 6 volt cr2 battery. they cost about 10 bucks. you'll need one for your metering system, which is the little numbers in the viewfinder (where you put your eye). This tells you how much light is coming into the lens, though the numbers are actually the number you need to set your apeture ring to. The numbers on the dial on the top right are your shutter speed. After reading the manual, you'll know what all this means. Nice camera, hope it came with some more stuff. I wouldn't pay more than $30 bucks for it. people on craigslist are always selling lenses and shit, just search your cameras name or canon fd lens. Oh, and your film type if 35mm. For rally racing yadda yadda, try ISO 800 or at the lowest, ISO 400. ISO is the same as ASA if anyone says that. Have fun!
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