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My dad had an AE-1 when I was 9 or 10. I never got to use it, but after our house was robbed, it was replaced with an AE-1 Program. I did get to use that, but only in Program mode. I loved that camera, and I think I brought it home after he died. I have my first camera which was an EOS 630. My daughter took a photography class about 5-8 years ago that required film cameras. She took my old 630 to a shop, had it cleaned up and checked out and used it for the class. I have an EOS Rebel XT (first digital camera) and an EOS 60D. We took a vacation to the Amazon river several years ago. 99.99% of the photos that I took were from a small boat that was carrying about 8-9 people in fairly dark conditions, mostly with a 100-400mm zoom lens. I am very glad that I had a digital camera. I took about 7500 photos over 2 weeks. Of those 7500, about 1500 turned out in a way that I'm happy with whether because the shot was out of focus or I only got the tail of the bird that had been there or I had the settings off (I used all Av or Tv on the trip) and over or under exposed. I can't imagine if I had been using film. I'd have needed an extra suitcase just for film.

Still, it would be pretty cool to still shoot some black and white and develop it at home, which is something that I've never done.