Load The Battery - Canon AE-1 Instructions Manual

3. Load the Battery
Remove the viewfinder cover
from the accessory shoe.
Open the battery chamber
cover using the viewfinder
cover.
Load one new battery so that
its poles are in the directions
indicated by the diagram in-
side the battery chamber.
Correct Batteries
Silver Oxide 6V
AI kal ine-manganese
6V
6
Examples
Eveready (UCAR) No . 544,
Mallory PX 28 , JIS 4G13
Eveready (UCAR) No .537
Without a battery, the
AE-1
's shutter will not"
work and it will be impossible to take a
picture . We recommend carrying a spare
battery .