Long time ago, my first camera was a Canon AE-1 Program I bought at the PX. Really nice camera, they go for silly money on Ebay these days.

Before going to the hotel Christmas party, I stopped by the local pawn shop to make payment and found a black paint Canon AE-1 Program in their camera case. I looked at it - a bit dusty but otherwise clean. Shutter sounds good, 135/3.5 mounted on it, shoulder strap. Battery is dead, so the meter is an unknown. No price tag. So I low-balled it and offered the $40 I had in my wallet knowing that was a fraction of what they go for.

They took it 😎

Not that I need another film camera, but why not? Pretty sure I still have a couple of old Canon lenses hiding at home… 🤞