I had AE-1, and I curse the day I lost it. I loved that camera, but was so blinded by word "autofocus" that I sold it. Ok, I have a nice Minolta now, but nothing beats the feeling of good old AE-1. And those pics, awww... sigh I agree, its harder to took pics than with these modern cameras, but in the same time, you will learn way much more with that treasure. And that mood, I cant describe it. Not just snappin' pics, with AE-1 you're taking photos. And speaking about the price, it totally depends what did you get with it. Flash? Objectives? I bet you can find proper price from the net. If you are a fan of hitec, love lots of buttons and dingdalongspulloffs, just want to take pics, sell it and get a digicam. Its more easy way. But if you like old stuff, like to take some time and go in for photography, dont sell it, you're gonna regret it later, believe me. I know what I'm talking about. .n