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canon A-1 with lens removed, i did this\n</p>
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A-1 with 50mm f/1. 8 FD lens part-mounted, i did this\n</p>
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A-1 with 50mm f/1. 8 lens mounted; i did this\n</p>
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It won’t lock into place, but instead it will get progressively tighter.
Don’t overtighten this, but do make sure it is firmly in place.
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canon A-1 rewind knob, i did this\n</p>
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film part-loaded in an A-1, i did this\n</p>
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first frame on an A-1\n</p>
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Repeat until the frame counter shows that you’re on the first frame.
While you do that, watch the rewind knob on the left as you wind the film on on; this should turn as you wind it on, and if it doesn’t it probably means your film isn’t loaded correctly.
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A-1 on "Program" mode. i did this\n</p>
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Turn your mode dial to “Tv” (“Time value”, which is Canon’s silly name for “shutter priority”), and use your AT dial to select the green “P” as the shutter speed.
Most of the time, this will be what you want to use if you’re not using your aperture for creative depth of field tricks, or if you’re not using your shutter speed to creative effect; it generally does a good job of picking something that works for most photos most of the time.
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shutter priority on an A-1; i did this\n</p>
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If you want either very fast or very slow shutter speeds for creative effect, then use this.
Turn your mode dial to “Tv” and select a shutter speed.
Remember that the speeds in yellow on the dial are shutter speeds in seconds, the white numbers are ones in fractions of a second.
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aperture priority on an A-1, i did this\n</p>
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Use this if you want to use very wide or very small apertures (i.
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if you want creative control over depth of field).
Turn your mode dial to “Av” and select an aperture with the AT dial to get aperture priority AE.
Note that this won’t allow you to select apertures smaller than f/22, but you shouldn’t be doing that anyway.
Fully manual exposure is a last resort for using in extremely dim[1] X Research source or otherwise impossible lighting conditions.
You can select fully manual mode by setting your mode dial to “Tv”, selecting a shutter speed, and turning your aperture ring on your lens off “A” and to your preferred aperture.
You’ll need an external light meter for doing this; the A-1 shows no indication of over- and under-exposure in fully manual mode.
