Canon AE-1 Manual de usuario
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fhe Basic Stepsto Picture-Taking
What's all this? War-
ranty, instructions
We don't need all this
stuff. l'm going to
throw it away.
ll, look here. Thiswarrantyca
says that it doesn't cover any
mishandling of the camera
by the
user. Besides,
we know next to
notlling about a cameralike this. I
think maybe we should
look into
Hey! Wait
a
minute. .
Come on. You've never read a
single instruction sheetin all the
time l've known You.
Okay. They're pretty short.
I guess
it won't takeusvery long.
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Congratulations
on your Pur-
chase
of a Canon AE-1. We
know that you are anxious
to
start taking pictures with it.
Our first hint for taking great
ones is to read these instruc-
tions. Follow the steps in
order and become well ac-
quainted with the camera.
Then, once you have a good
understanding of PART l,
moveon to PART ll. lt con-
tains a lot of informationyou
won't f
ind elsewhere. The
brief time spent in reading
these instructions is a sound
investmentin satisfaction
and
en
joyment.
Symbols
ffiSignals
animportantDO.
@ Signatsan
importantDON'T.
Copyright
o 1980
byCanon
Inc.
All rightsreserved.
Printed in Japan
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CONTENTS
1. Attachthelens .r.. .pP.3-4
2. Setthe lens
for AE photography . . . . p.5
3. Loadthe battery . . P.6
4. Check
the battery . P.7
5. Before
loading
film, learnto operate
basiccontrols .... P.8
Set
theASA . p.9
Loadthe
film pp.10-12
Learnto holdthe
camera
correctly p.13
Oneshot
atatime pp.14-15
At the endof the roll, rewind
the
film p.16
* Dedicated
FlashPhotography . p.17
*
Self-Timer
. pp.18-19
* Carryingthe Camera p.2O
* Pre-Shooting
Checklist.. P.2"1
Camera
parts are labeledon the insidesof the foldout
flapsatthebeginningand
endof PART ll.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
t.
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1.
Attach the Lens
Remove the rear lens cap by
turning it in the directionof
the arrow until it stops and
pulling
it
out.
To reattach
the rear lens
cap,
align it with the lens as il-
lustrated. Then lightly push
it in and
turn it clockwise
until
It StOpS.
Remove
thebodycap.
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To mount the lens,first align
the rounded red positioning
point on the lenswith the red
dot abovethe camera mount
as
illustrated.
Then turn the lens in the
direction of the arrow until
it stops and the lens release
button pops out with a click.
A lf your camera
looks like
this, with a red
dot show-
ing inside the camera
mount, do not mount the
lens yet. First pressin
the small ch
rome button
as shown to release
the
stop-down slide. Then
mou
nt the lens. Leave
4 thestop-down
slide
asit is.
ffiWfren film isloaded,
make
sure
it is completely advanced to
the next f
rame before mount-
ing
the lens.
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Remove
the f
ront lens
cap.
2.Set
theLens
for AE(3:J:[?:")Photography
While pressing
in the AE lock pin, turn the aperture
ring in the
directionof the arrow until "4" click-stops
at the aperture
index.
"A" will be in line
with the reddot on the camera. lf you forget
to dothis,
automaticexposure
will beimpossible.
NiliT?lH
1. AE photography
is possible
only with a Canon
FD lens. See
PART ll,
p.24
for how to use
a non-FD
lens
on the AE-1
.
2. Some
Canon
FD lenseshave
a green
circle
in place
of the "
A" mark. lt
means
thesame
th
ing
asthe "A" mark.
To remove th
e lens,tu
rn it in
the direction of the arrow,
while pressing
the lensrelease
button,until it stops.
anon
N
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Load the
Remove the viewfinder cover
from the accessory
shoe.
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Open th
e batte
rY
cover using the
cove
r.
Load one new battery so that
its polesare in the di
rections
indicated by the diagram in-
side
the battery
chamber.
chambe
r
v
iewf
inde
r
f,,E-[
Correct Batteries Examples
Silver
Oxide
6V Eveready
(UCnR) No.544,
Mallory
PX
28, JIS4G13
Al kal
ine-manganese
6V Eveready
(UCAR)
No.537
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Insert the negative
Then push down
the positive end.
chamber
cover.
Press
the battery check button
while looking through the
viewfinder. The meter needle
in the viewf
inder will move.
A Don't touch the battery
poles. Wipe
them and the
camera contacts with a
clean, dry cloth before
loading to prevent poor
contact
from dirt.
lf the battery is good, the
meter needle
will restat or be-
low the battery check index.
lf there is not enough power,
it will rest above the index.
Replace
the battery.
rNilqlF
1. With normal use,
the battery
shouldlast
about one
year.
2. lt is necessary
to take special
precautions
with the
battery when you ar_eshooting in very low tempera-
tu
res
(below
Oo
C
, 32"
Fl
. See
pRRT |
|
,p.30
end f
irst.
and insert
Close the
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5.Before Loading Film,Learn to Operate Basic Controls
)
Turn the shutter button lock
lever
to "A".
-g:Turn the shutter button
lock lever to t'
L" to pre-
' vent accidentaI sh
utter
re
lea
se o
r battery d
rain
whenever you are not
using
the
camera.
Turn the film advance
leverin
the direction of the arrow
until it stops.
You may turn it
in one continuous
stroke
or in
several short strokes. When
f
iI
m is loaded, th
is wi|| ad-
vance
it to the next frame.
The AE-
1 has a two-step
sh
utter button. Pressit half
-
way to turn the meter on and
to get a meter reading in the
viewfinder. Gently squeeze
it
all the way down toreleasethe
shutter. You cannot release
the shutteragain
until the film
is
advanced.
@ NEVER JAB the shutter button! Pressingit gently is im-
portant for getting
sharp
pictures.
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Lift the knurled ring
alignedwith the greenaroundthe shutterspeeddial andturn it until the ASA speedof your film is
index.Thisisabsolutelynecessaryfor gettrng
correct
exposure.
lf the shutterspeed
dial
turnS
while
you aresetting
the ASA, turn it to
"8" or "1000" and then set the
ASA.
The top of the f
ilri
carton f
its in there.
That way we can re-
member what kind of
f
ilm is loaded. Wh
at
a conven ient memo
holder! uiit
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