Film Advance Lever; Frame Counter - Nikon FG Instruction Manual

The film advance lever is coaxia l with the shutter reo
lease button and is specially contoured to fit the
thumb , A hinged lever, it fits snugly to the camera
body_ It has a throw of 144°, and is operated in one
complete stroke or a series of shorter ones After
completion of film winding , the lever quick· returns to
the stand·off position when your finger is taken off
the lever.
Notes:
1)
At the end of the roll the lever will not wind In this case,
don't force the lever, Just reJease your finger, depress the
film rewind button !§~and
rewind the film
2) Be sure to release your finger from the shutter release
button while advancmg the film to prevent taking
a
picture
accidentally a t the instant the film is advanced,
To keep track of the number of exposed frames , the
frame counter is graduated from S (Start
=
two
frames below 0) to 36. After" 1 ," and starting from
" 2," every two frames are numbered in white with
white indices in between , When making blank shots
with the shutter speed/mode selector set at other
than M90 and B, the 1/60 and 1/ 125 sec LEDs will
blink until the frame counter reaches" 1 ," showing
that the shutter is firing at 1 / 90 sec Only after " 1 ,"
will both the meter and viewfinder information work
normally Don't take pictures until the frame counter
reaches " 1 ," The frame counter automatically resets
to "S" when the camera back is opened
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