I actually forgot what forum it was when I posted before.... sorry.

On the first one, I know we're trying for shallow depth of field, but having just a small portion of the leather surface in focus takes away from the picture.

On the AE-1, the Vivitar filter bothers me; I wish it had been removed. I like the effect of shooting it so close, exaggerating its apparent size, though. I'm speaking of how the top and bottom of the case are not parallel but form a pair of vanishing point perspective lines; makes the camera body swell up, "This is a big, capable camera!"