Canon, AV-1, 35mm Auto Exposure SLR camera, results

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Two extremes of exposure to give the AV-1 a test. At right, the new Cunard Liner, 'Queen Victoria' awaits here naming ceremony in dull conditions and light drizzle.....

....whilst straight into sun... the AV-1 seems to cope without any drama .

The two shots, left, were taken in early 2009 when the temperature was minus four celsius. these images were taken from slides. I was interested to see how the Canon performed, as slide film is much less tolerant of exposure innacuracy. I was pleasantly surprised with the results, all but the most challenging worked out fine.

Using a deliberately small aperture to force the camera to use a ludicrously long exposure, produces this delightful brush stroke background. For added difficulty the Canon had the Canon 70-150mm FD zoom fitted.

Despite a general reluctance to use automatic exposure cameras, I've grown to like this one, I find it still allows me to do exactly as I want to, without the need to press lots of buttons or fiddle with controls. A little understanding of exposure is all one needs to get the best from it.

An abstract image, again using the 70-150mm zoom lens made for this camera. Hard to find anything to criticise with this neat little Canon, it's well made, light and produces good results.