The difference between Canon AE-1 and Canon AE-1 Program

Canon Ae 1 Body

This is a Canon EF 35mm SLR camera made by Canon Inc of Japan between the years of 1973 and 1978. The Canon AE-1 was an extremely popular model that was in high. Canon Lens Date Codes. Beside the rear lens element of many (but not all) Canon lenses is a date code (as seen above) in the form of 'UR0902'. This code is also present on many other Canon products including camera bodies. The first letter, 'U', indicates that the lens was made in Canon's Utsunomiya, Japan factory. Prior to 1986, this letter is. The 'U' is the factory, the 'T' is the year of manufacture (2005), the '03' is the month (March) and the final two numbers seem to be some sort of internal Canon code. Prior to 1986 the lens date codes did not include the factory letter. “AE-1,” the Pioneer of Automated and Computerized Camera, Leading to the “New F-1,” the Advanced Camera System. During the first Oil Shock in 1973, Japan suffered from hyper-inflation, and it was said that the salary of Canon’s employees rose over 35% for two consecutive years. Canon A-1: full Auto (P,S,A) mode: 1978: 1985 2,430,000: Canon AE-1: Auto exposure (S) 1976: 1984 5,730,000: Canon AE-1 Program: Auto exposure (S, P) 1981: 1984 4,000,000: Canon AL-1: focussing aid: 03/1982: 1985 200,000: Canon AT-1: manual match needle: 12/1976: 1985 520,000: Canon AV-1: Auto exposure (A) 1979: 1984 200,000.

Canon AE-1 came out in 1976 and is a manual and shutter priority camera. It has a analog type meter needle in the viewfinder.

The AE-1 Program came out in 1981 and is a Program , shutter priority and manual camera and it has LEDs in the viewfinder.

That is the main difference

There are a few more minor differences. The AE-1 has a 1 and a half stop backlight button and the Program doesnot but it does have a meter lock button.

The AE-1 program has user changeable focusing screens; the AE-1 does not.

They both have an on off switch, a self timer, a depth of field preview button, a battery check button, hot shoes and a pc connection, shutter speeds to 1000 in both, but the Program has a 2 second speed.

Both use 6 volt batteries, and accept a motor drive or winder.

The AE-1s ASA or ISO goes from 25 to 3200 and the Pro goes for 12 to 3200

In the manual mode.

When using it in the manual mode you look through the viewfinder and see what the meter says the aperture should be for the shutter speed you have set. Then if you agree with the meter, you set the F stop on the lens and focus and shoot.

In the shutter priority mode

You set the shutter speed you want and the lens on A or auto. If you agree with the aperture in the viewfinder you can just focus and shoot and it will set the aperture automatically.

In the Program Mode, AE-1 Program only

You set the shutter speed to program and the lens on a and every thing is done focus and shoot.

Canon Ae 1 Battery

There is much more to using these cameras but these are the main differences.

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