Canon AE-1 (35mm focal plane shutter DSLR camera)

Canon AE-1 (35mm focal plane shutter DSLR camera)

Canon's AE-1 camera, launched in April 1976, was extremely popular in the market. When AE-1 was launched, TTL manual metering cameras (including Canon FTb and FTb-N) remained the mainstream in the 35mm DSLR camera market. Automatic exposure cameras still occupy an important position in the DSLR camera market. They are all relatively expensive and have low production. However, the design of AE-1 starts from the basics and consists of 5 main components and 25 secondary components. They are centrally controlled by a microcomputer. Through integrated circuits, the number of components has been reduced by 300. The production of cameras is also highly automated. Therefore, it can