Need some major help here guys.

[wsetser]

the requirements are a 35mm camera, manual focus, manual settings.

While both are great cameras the Nikon FE is much easier to use manually. In manual exposure mode the A1 just tells you the shutter speed you have set and recommends an f/stop. The FE becomes a "matched needle" system. It indicates the shutter speed you've set and you adjust the f/stop to match that indicator with the exposure meter.

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[unpopular]

i can give you a good price on a 35/2 if you go with the canon!

[KmH]

Buy the one that fits your hand the best.

What do they do if they instead get a TLR or other type of film camera that isn't an SLR?

[Mike_E]

Buy the one that fits your hand the best.

What do they do if they instead get a TLR or other type of film camera that isn't an SLR?

Plastic/reconstructive surgery?

[Sw1tchFX]

Go with the FE

[Chris R]

the requirements are a 35mm camera, manual focus, manual settings.

While both are great cameras the Nikon FE is much easier to use manually. In manual exposure mode the A1 just tells you the shutter speed you have set and recommends an f/stop. The FE becomes a "matched needle" system. It indicates the shutter speed you've set and you adjust the f/stop to match that indicator with the exposure meter.

Ahhh yes... I forgot about that. I hate not having a needle style meter... The Canon AE-1 (the original, not the "Program" model) has a needle meter though so that might be a camera to look into.

[Corto]

Buy the one that fits your hand the best.

What do they do if they instead get a TLR or other type of film camera that isn't an SLR?

I dont know, what do they do? Please tell.

[djacobox372]

Id go with the fe, nikons seem to hold up better with age, and these cameras are getting old. The shutters in the ae1 are especially prone to malfunction if the camera hasnt been in continuous use.

Ome plus of the canon is that fd lenses are cheaper then nikkors, due to the mount being discontinued.