I've gotten a Canon A-1 and judging by forum posts this seems to be a common problem with the camera, none of the suggestions actually seem to work though.
In aperture mode A on the lens, I can't seem to take a shot at all. Cocking the shutter gives me an 'EEEE EE' error in the viewfinder and prevents me from pressing down the shutter button. In manual aperture mode, everything works just fine.
If I put the multiple exposure switch to the left, the viewfinder LCD works normally but I still can't take a picture. If I re-cock the shutter, it displays EEEE EE again.
Interestingly sometimes if I push the stop down button in, and set it to -1/4 for example, then I'm able to use it in 'A' mode, although the aperture isn't shown in the LCD viewfinder.
Could anyone kindly help?