How Do You Use A Canon A-1 35Mm Camera?
• Fit your lens if you haven’t already. The steps below describe how to fit original FD lenses with a silver locking ring, the kind which were typically sold with the camera at the time. If yours doesn’t have this, it’s a late-70s-and-onwards “new FD” lens, and the instructions will differ somewhat; in the instructions below, replace the part with twisting the silver locking ring with twisting the whole lens itself until it audibly locks into place. • Remove your body cap. Remove your body cap if you have one, as well as the rear lens cap on the lens. • Line up the two red dots… Line up the red dot on the lens with the red dot on the body and gently drop the lens into the mount. • …and twist the silver locking ring to tighten it into place. Twist the locking ring clockwise, that is, clockwise if you are looking from it from the front. It won’t lock into place, but instead it will get progressively tighter. Don’t overtighten this, but do make sure it is firmly in place. • Rotate the
• Fit your lens if you haven’t already. The steps below describe how to fit original FD lenses with a silver locking ring, the kind which were typically sold with the camera at the time. If yours doesn’t have this, it’s a late-70s-and-onwards “new FD” lens, and the instructions will differ somewhat; in the instructions below, replace the part with twisting the silver locking ring with twisting the whole lens itself until it audibly locks into place. • Remove your body cap. Remove your body cap if you have one, as well as the rear lens cap on the lens. • Line up the two red dots… Line up the red dot on the lens with the red dot on the body and gently drop the lens into the mount. • …and twist the silver locking ring to tighten it into place. Twist the locking ring clockwise, that is, clockwise if you are looking from it from the front. It won’t lock into place, but instead it will get progressively tighter. Don’t overtighten this, but do make sure it is firmly in place. • Rotate the
