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hi, I have a Canon ae-1 with a 50mm base.
I would like to buy some lenses. Which do you recommend? (if you recommend me the links where to buy? thank you, if it's amazon please on Amazon.it: D) :D
 

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hi, I have a Canon ae-1 with a 50mm base.
I would like to buy some lenses. Which do you recommend? (if you recommend me the links where to buy? thank you, if it's amazon please on Amazon.it: D) :D

I'd recommend 24mm and 100mm focal lengths but that would be for me. I have no idea what you like to shoot. :smile:

There is of course the for sale section here, and Ebay is a great place to find 35mm lenses. Hopefully, someone from Italy will respond with some local places for you.
 

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Likely everyone would propose his own preference.

I only buy local.
Keep in mind that amongst other manufacturers the FD mount was popular too, so you have a huge choice of lenses from about two decades. Most of them are cheap, so by time you could build up an assortment of different lenses and could decide yourself on your favourites concerning focal lenght, optical principle and built.
 

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You're in the large format section. You might want to re-route this to 35mm.
 

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hi, I have a Canon ae-1 with a 50mm base.
I would like to buy some lenses. Which do you recommend? (if you recommend me the links where to buy? thank you, if it's amazon please on Amazon.it: D) :D

Almost all FD lenses are winners.

If you want a wide i'd recommend the 28/2.8 in any version, the 35/3.5 FD and the 35/2.8 new FD.

For a tele the 85/1.8 (ANY version) is excellent but expensive, so a great alternative (and a sleeper) is Canon 100/2.8, any version. Perfect lens.
 
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Buongiorno Giulio, benvenuto!

Good choice your AE-1, I also had it in the past. What I particularly like about this serie of cameras is that they had a winder that really matched the design of the camera body, without any ugly "handle" or useless "extra shutter release button". Since I sold my Canon gear I no longer purchased any winder, as I can't tolerate their awful design.

Coming lo lenses, you already got some good advice. In general, you want to avoid having nearly-duplicate lenses with too close focal lenghts, so what you have to do now is to fix a "multiplier" figure that will give you a rational progression of your lens set, for today and for the future.

If you don't think you will ever buy a large set of lenses, you may choose 2X. Then the 24mm and 100mm suggested by Alan Gales will nicefully complement the 50mm you already own. You may later add a 200mm.

If you really enjoy photography and you're quite wealthy, then 1.7X is another rational choice, and the 28mm f:2.8 and the 85mm f:1.8 suggested by Flavio are an excellent option. By the way this is the multiplier that I normally use, and these two lenses were part of my Canon set and I can say great things about both. Later, you may add a 21mm, a 135mm and a 200mm (not necessarily in this order, of course).

You don't need to buy them online, if you live in the Torino or Milano area I can suggest many used cameras shops where you will easily find what you are looking for.
 
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