Canon’s A-Team
Between 1976 and 1982, Canon made six single lens reflexes (SLRs): the Canon AE-1, AE-1 Program, AT-1, A-1, AV-1 and AL-1. They were distinguished by their different exposure modes, and most, though not all, were available with either chrome or black bodies. Because of its name and the fact that it incorporated all the modes used individually in the other cameras, it might be assumed that the Canon A-1 was the first, from which the others were derived. Not so. The Canon AE-1 was first, and it was an immediate success, with sales of more than 4,000,000 in its first five years. Like the other five A-series cameras it also has a lot to offer to today's film user.
Canon AE-1 shutter-priority camera Top-plates of the six cameras differ according to the exposure
