Canon AE-1 red exposure number does not change with different aperture

[aye_ee_one]

I have a problem with my AE-1.

I have a 50mm lens on it and having got the camera out of storage after 2 years, I am noticing what might be incorrect behaviour: in aperture-priority mode (dial set to PROGRAM, aperture set to a numbered F stop on the lens), I always see the same "M" and exposure number combination in the viewfinder. The number in the viewfinder does change if I point at a light.
The problem is that changing the lens aperture does not cause a change in viewfinder exposure number.

Could someone confirm that this is incorrect behaviour for me and if I am doing something wrong?

Thanks.

 

[compur]

If you have a program setting on your AE-1 then it is the AE-1 Program model.

There is no aperture-priority mode on that camera. The auto modes are either Program Auto or Shutter-Priority Auto.

Here is a manual:
http://www.canonfd.org/manuals/ae-1program.pdf

 

[aye_ee_one]

If you have a program setting on your AE-1 then it is the AE-1 Program model.

There is no aperture-priority mode on that camera. The auto modes are either Program Auto or Shutter-Priority Auto.

Here is a manual:
http://www.canonfd.org/manuals/ae-1program.pdf

Ah....

So I literally cannot set aperture priority. In fact, I am probably going to get bad photos unless I set the lens aperture to "A". :-(

Does the Canon AE-1 have aperture priority?

Thanks.

 

[compur]

Does the Canon AE-1 have aperture priority?

No.

The A-series Canon models that have Aperture Priority Auto are the A-1 and the AL-1

 

[Warfarin]

The AV-1 is an aperture priority mode camera as well