The Canon AE-1 camera uses FD mount lenses. Canon made FD mount cameras and lenses from 1971 through 1987. FD lenses are manually focused. FD lenses are no longer being manufactured, but are available for incredibly low prices on the used market. Ebay is one good source.
The Canon EF-S lens is compatible with the AE-1, as well as most of the other Canon SLRs.
No, the lens mount is completely different.
Yes, via a lens adapter available from aftermarket producers. All Canon FD lens to Canon EOS lens mount adapters will contain an optical element to provide correct focus at infinity. This is because the Canon FD lens flange focus distance (distance from the focus plane to lens mount) is shorter then the Canon EOS lens.
All bayonet mount canon camera's in the past 30 years will accept an FD lens'. The AE 1 and later ones will accept the lens' but will only work on automatic if the lens has the A setting on the lens.The FD will not work on an auto focus.
The AE-1 lenses have Canon's FD breech-lock lens mount. They are not compatible with Canon's later EF lens mount. It may be possible to find an adapter, but performance would be lost, and the lens will not have the features of an EF lens. Best to save your money and get a dedicated lens, either Canon or Sigma.
The Canon AE-1 is a film camera.
All the Canon A series cameras (AE-1, AE-1 program, AT-1, AV-1, A-1, AL-1) use the same lenses.
yes
The Canon AE-1 SLR camera operates on a 6 volt 4LR44 battery, or alternately four 1.5 volt LR44 batteries.
The Canon A-1 used FD mount manual-focus lenses. The earlier FL Canon lenses are also usable on the Canon A-1, but metering is a bit more cumbersome. The current Canon EF mount was introduced in 1987 for auto-focus lenses. There is no compatibility between FD and EF lens mounts. The Canons with FD mount include: Canon F-1 (1971) Canon FTb (1971) Canon FTbn (1973) Canon EF (1973) Canon TLb (1974) Canon TX (1975) Canon F-1n (1976) Canon AE-1 (1976) Canon AT-1 (1977) Canon A-1 (1978) Canon AV-1 (1979) Canon New F-1 (1981) Canon AE-1 Program (1981) Canon AL-1 (1982) Canon T50 (1983) Canon T70 (1984) Canon T80 (1985) Canon T90 (1986) Canon T60 (1990)
The cost of a Canon F-1 camera body is about $150 to $200. The cost of a lens for that camera can range from $200 to $5000.
I got my AE-1 at B&H in manhattan. If you really want one offline, you can buy mine. We can work out the price later.l