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My mint condition Canon A-1 and AE-1 are starting to look a lot more desirable.

I have wanted one of these since the 70s and have been actively searching for one in like new condition with a normal and wide angle lens until recently. The camera would be used exclusively for landscapes in b&w. I already have a b&w darkroom and two fine Canon SLRs. It would be great to have a larger negative to work with though. Years ago my brother had a Mamiya 645 and did excellent work with it. I was quite envious. Now however I just discovered that if you store these lenses for a long period, they must have the shutter released or the spring will take a memory set. This will negatively affect the timing. When purchasing these lenses there seems to be no way to tell whether or not they were stored improperly no matter how nice they look outwardly. The other issue is finding a period correct external meter that functions flawlessly. I don't relish the idea of carrying one of my SLRs or a digital camera to serve this purpose. My wife says she would like to see this sixty-nine year old body carry all that plus a tripod up a long steep trail here in the Rockies. So that is where my case rests.

Roxborough State Park SW of Denver taken with an A-1 50/1.4 on 400TX last October.

denny_rane: The car is actually a stunning two-tone burgundy with a white rag top. The V-16 engine is 452 cubic inches producing 185hp. It's dual exhausts made it extremely quiet all the way up to 100mph. All models had custom made Fleetwood coaches and cost $7000 (1930USD).

Quite possibly my all-time favorite automobile - a 1930 Cadillac V-16 Roadster from the Clive Cussler Collection in Arvada, Colorado. Taken with an A-1 on 400TX.

Austin Healey Sprite (Bugeye) last September at the English Car Conclave in Denver with an A-! 50mm 1.8 on 100TMX.

The business office of a Lancair IVP taken with an A-1 and 50/1.8 lens at Vance Brand Airport in Longmont, CO last month.

South Park City - Fairplay, Colorado. No particular subject - just an Old West scene. Taken with an A-1, 1.4/50mm FD lens and a #15 yellow filter.

Georgetown, Colorado last month with an A-1, 50mm 1.8 on Tri-X

+1 for the A-1. I love mine!

Okay since almost no one is posting how about a really beautiful redhead? This is my wife shortly after we first met. No she wasn't sweet sixteen. She had just turned twenty-four. The background is Pine Valley Mountain near St. George, Utah. Image taken with an AE-1.

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge RR, Durango Colorado September, 1986 taken with an AE-1 w/50mm 1.8 lens on Plus-X.

I went back a few years looking at the monthly photo threads and noticed that folks used to post a lot more images. With that in mind here is another Snowy Range photo.

There is no more beautiful man made sound than a steam engine whistling for a crossing on a quiet night. I'm old enough to remember steam on the mainline of the Grand Trunk Western. 4014 is a magisterial monument to one of the greatest accomplishments of the human race. Deb and I will have to get up to the Cheyenne roundhouse one of these days and admire this wonderful restoration. Please post more images if it.

Another Snowy Range Image...

This is the Snowy Range in the Medicine Bow Mountains west of Laramie, Wyoming a couple weeks ago. The camera was an A-1 with 50mm 1.4 on Tri-X. The cliffs there are quartzite which makes them so shiny. I used an orange filter for contrast.

Alex_Es is always posting excellent photos of Japan. Well here's something very Japanese that my wife took of me several years ago with the AE-1. I spent the Summer in Japan exactly fifty years ago at the Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo. Seems like another lifetime ago but I sure grew to love Japan and the people.

A meticulously restored Beech D-18 vintage multi-engine airplane at Rocky Mountain Regional Airport near Denver, Colorado. This recent image was a total surprise while having lunch at the AP. Taken with an A-1 and 50mm 1.4 lens on 100Tmax.

Here is an image of the La Sal Mountains from Canyonlands National Park, Utah. In the center is Mesa Arch. The camera was an AE-1 with a 50mm lens.

That is an old photo. Probably in the early '80s. I have not had Plus-X for many years. It was my favorite B/W film.

Machete Ridge in Pinnacles National Park, CA taken with an AE-1 on Plus X.

I don't have Photoshop but will tweak it a bit with Photoshop Elements 14. Maybe Deb can have a go at it. She's the digital expert.

Has anyone discovered what the closest film that approximates this sorely missed gem might be? I think I did my best work with it.

The Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park, Utah made with an AE-1, 50mm 1.8 on Plus-X. A #23 red filter would have really brought out that thunder storm. Oh well.

Here's my wife Deb on a recent hike in Rocky Mountain NP. Taken with an A-1, 50mm 1.4.