Loud ramblings of a Software Artisan

I had to do a test roll for an AE-1 camera I bought used recently. So I went to the local grocery store that has a 1h lab, got a film and shot around the parking lot to have it processed there. Actually pictures turned okay (for something I took 5 minute to shoot), that show that I can still do things with very little inspiration. Given that I haven't ever been a fan of 1hour photo labs, I must admit that I'm surprised how quick it is to process: 10 minutes to process the roll (C-41 color negative) and 5 minutes to print (automatic settings) on a Noritsu minilab. Probably not the most optimal results, but with proper setting these machines output good quality prints without much effort.

The camera was an Canon AE-1 with a 50mm Macro f3.5 FD.

I scanned a couple of frames. It is not exactly how the print looks, but it is pretty close, and I like it that way. Given that it is negative, it is always subject to interpretation, both scan-wise or print-wise.

And xsane needs sone UI love, seriously.

I'm looking for a Canon AE-1 user manual in French (it is not for me, that's why I'm not being satisfied of the English one).

And the only place I could find it requires you to pay for that using an overcharged phone number (1-900 like). Typically the French mentality (same mentality that make all the customer services and even banks to have overcharged phone numbers instead of regular one). But what is getting worse is that the same website use copyrighted icons that are not distributed with a free licence, and that paying for a copy of copyrighted-and-non-free material is not to be considered as "fair use". For the record, the charge from Canada is CAD$5, the webmaster tell people to use something else than your own phone line.

That was the rant-du-jour.