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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 319201" data-attributes="member: 4923">My first camera was a Canon AE1 Program and I added a Canon A1 soon after. The attraction was a fancy computer control 'program' mode (Auto!, it was a good thing back then). Manual focus only and the ability to easily change focus screens was a plus. Mostly I chose those models because my friend recommended them as he was a Canon guy and was willing to teach me the basics. He had a more pro-leaning Canon F-1Other features people looked for in various cameras were the ability to add a motor drive and removable backs so one could add a 'data back' or a bulk roll of film. You got me curious, so I looked up my old A-1 and my buddy's F1<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_A-1" target="_blank">Canon A-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_F-1" target="_blank">Canon F-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>Interesting articles about what was great about these cameras.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nickt, post: 319201, member: 4923"] My first camera was a Canon AE1 Program and I added a Canon A1 soon after. The attraction was a fancy computer control 'program' mode (Auto!, it was a good thing back then). Manual focus only and the ability to easily change focus screens was a plus. Mostly I chose those models because my friend recommended them as he was a Canon guy and was willing to teach me the basics. He had a more pro-leaning Canon F-1 Other features people looked for in various cameras were the ability to add a motor drive and removable backs so one could add a 'data back' or a bulk roll of film. You got me curious, so I looked up my old A-1 and my buddy's F1 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_A-1"]Canon A-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_F-1"]Canon F-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] Interesting articles about what was great about these cameras. [/QUOTE]

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