Canon AE-1

After its introduction in 1976, the Canon AE-1 quickly became a very popular camera worldwide, eventually selling millions of units. With a highly automated production process, a microprocessor to simplify the design, and a metalized-plastic top panel, Canon was able to keep costs low. The result was one of the first affordable TTL autoexposure SLR cameras to hit the market. (The majority of consumer-level cameras at that time had, at best, match-needle TTL exposure metering.) Its autoexposure i