new guy here heh hi
first off...
Im a senior in highschool taking a photography class. my dad let me use his old canon ae-1 that he had (from the 70's I think?) it has been working perfectly until tonight.
our assignment was to take self portraits so my teacher let me borrow a hand held shutter release (not sure if thats the official name of them heh) so i plugged it into the shutter release and snapped a quick one to make sure it worked and it did. so I go downstairs to my basement and get all set up (I wanted some high contrast pics in a dark room wearing all black with light and shadows playing on my face) so i get all set up, and go to take the picture...nothing. the shutter release wont push down far enough to take the picture, well i shouldnt say that, it goes down all the way but the shutter doesnt flip up. so i thought maybe the film wasnt advanced but it wont advance. I've taken the film out and it all seems normal
Ill ask my teacher about it tommarow but I was hoping i could get it fixed and still take the pictures tonight
any and all help is greatly appriciated
-C. King