Any vintage camera guys/gals on the forum?

[IrishCannon]

Cleaning out the garage with my wife and we came across this which belonged to her grandfather. Can anyone tell me about it? I also have another larger lens and flash for it.

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[Sp00ks]

What do you want to know about it? It was a good camera in it's day. It is the old lens mounting system so currently Canon lenses will not fit it. It's obviously a film camera.

Still a good camera if your into getting film developed. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[ThinkTankFullOfSharks]

That’s a good camera. One of the first with a light meter. I’ve shot a lot of film with an AE1.
Grab a metabones adapter if you wanna use it with different lens mounts.

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[pikepole20]

I still have one of those in a closet at the house. Good in its day.

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[Snal~]

Drooled over those when they first came out, just couldn't break the Nikon addiction.

 

[IrishCannon]

If we decided to sell it, what's the street value? We definitely appreciate good photography, but we don't have time to learn everything about everything these days.

I can get a pic of all the other stuff if need be.

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[DRFury]

Value would depend on internal condition as well. There are light seals that can go bad.

 

[phideux]

If we decided to sell it, what's the street value? We definitely appreciate good photography, but we don't have time to learn everything about everything these days.

I can get a pic of all the other stuff if need be.

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They were good cameras in their day, they made a zillion of them, ain't really worth anything as a collector piece.

 

[gc70]

That’s a good camera. One of the first with a light meter. I’ve shot a lot of film with an AE1.

The AE1 was a great camera and an object of desire as the first electronically controlled camera. However, my Olympus Pen FT and Canon Pellix, which were both introduced a decade before the AE1, had through-the-lens light metering.

 

[J R Green]

I still have my Pentax K-1000 I bought from a pawn shop in the early 80's. Good cameras but you were required to think to get the right shot.

 

[Snal~]

I still have my Pentax K-1000 I bought from a pawn shop in the early 80's. Good cameras but you were required to think to get the right shot.

That was my first 35mm camera, and it was a workhorse! I went from that to the Nikon FMII, which was very much like the K1000.
Still have two FMII's and an FG.

 

[Button Pusher]

I own the Ftb-n black, wife has the AE1.

 

[Button Pusher]

Fotodiox has adapters for the FD lenses to mount to your Canon digital cameras.
I use a Soligor 600mm catadioptric lens, got great photos of my daughters at graduations.

 

[IrishCannon]

Value would depend on internal condition as well. There are light seals that can go bad.

How would I determine the condition of the seals? Would that require any major disassembly?

 

[Snal~]

How would I determine the condition of the seals? Would that require any major disassembly?

Open the back, should be a foam/rubber type seal around the edges. Look for obvious damage, then hold it over a piece of white paper and gently run your finger across the seal....see if particles hit the paper indicating a dry-rotted seal.

 

[DRFury]

How would I determine the condition of the seals? Would that require any major disassembly?

There used to be repair shops that could reseal them. I am not sure how many of those type shops are still around. You could try a roll of film and see if any strange anomalies show up after developing, that might be an indication of light leaks.

 

[Snal~]

Might check the shutter as well. Not sure what it was made of in the AE1, but if it doesn't look like metal, and more like cloth. Check for pin holes.

 

[gc70]

Might check the shutter as well. Not sure what it was made of in the AE1, but if it doesn't look like metal, and more like cloth. Check for pin holes.

The AE1 shutter curtain is rubberized cloth. The shutter curtain is fairly easy to check by removing the lens, locking the mirror up on B, and shining a light on the opposite side of the shutter.

 

[Button Pusher]

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[Sp00ks]

I'm just going to throw this out there. I'm not sure it's worth even trying to sell. Anyone that wants one already has one, they produced millions of them. I could be wrong... At best, I'm not sure what you get for it will be worth the effort of selling it. Some do like the retro lenses and can adapt them to current camera bodies but you have to find that right person.

I suggest you buy some film and enjoy it for a while, maybe even look for some photography courses or local camera clubs.

I have a Canon 30D digital and I bet it's not worth $40 these days.