FUJICA AX-3 Owner's Manual page 13

1. Hold the camera with your left hand as shown press the left elbow
against the side of you; chest, relax your right hand and press the
Shutter Release gently down.
2. When shooting with the camera held vertically, try to keep it extra
steady because it will be less stable in that position.
3. The film is advanced with the right thumb and the Shutter Release is
depressed with the right forefinger.
Taking automatic exposure pictures
1. SHUTTER SPEED SELECTOR SETTINGS
Your Fujica AX-3 is an aperture-preferred automatic exposure camera. You
just set the aperture then turn and set the Shutter Speed Selector to AE
or AEL and the camera will select the right shutter speed to give you
correctly exposed pictured
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The shutter on your Fujica AX-3 is electronically controlled from 1/1000
sec. all the way through 2 seconds and B regardless of whether the shutter
speed is set automatically or manually. The settings possible with your
AX-3's Shutter Speed Selector are as follows: