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Canon AL-1 QF
I found this like new 1982 dog at an estate sale a bit back. A whole kit for $25;
AL1 body
Canon FD 50mm
Vivitar 28-200mm zoom
Canon QAF 6600 flash
72mm polarizing filter
52mm haze filter
Bag and all manuals
The problem with the AL-1 was the battery cover that broke the lock tab if you looked at it and Canon never fixed the problem. Mine was broken but a bit of engineered Velcro strap across the battery cover and up the grip side fixed it to working. And it does work great. It is aperture priority so all you can do is set the f-stop and let the camera determine shutter speed. Adding the Canon flash moves it to flash priority. And the focus assist with an early LED style over/under display does work. True autofocus came later. It looks like only FD lenses will work with the focus system. It does not use the FD automatic position for the AL-1 camera operation.
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Last edited by Dave A; 02-27-2020 at 10:08 PM.
Reason: typo
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