Canon FILM GUIDE, 35MM MOUNT

Hey! Jon here with Prime Studios and in this video I'm going to show you guys how to use the Canon AE-1 35mm film camera which is one of the most commonly used film cameras by students today. Alright, starting off I'm going to go ahead and put in the battery. This camera uses what's called a V 28px battery. It's a small 6 volt and in my opinion I think Varta is a great brand to get batteries from. So the actual battery compartment for this camera is actually on the front right here. There's a little latch that you can push with your finger to open up the door and you'll see the positive and negative terminals on the inside. Then take your battery positive side up and you just go ahead and insert it in there. Now if you have any kind of corrosion in there you're going to need to clean that off before you put in any battery. The camera itself won't work without a battery. The shutter won'