Fi Lm-Advance Lever; Safe Load Signal/Frame Counter - Minolta X-700 Instruction Manual

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6. Advance film, release shutter,
and advance film - until the index
points to "1 ". A red bar should
now appea r at far left in the Safe
Load Signal, indicating film is load-
ed and advancing properly. (If it
does not appear or swings far to the
right, repeat steps 3 to 6.) The
camera is now ready for taking the
first picture, provided film speed is
set.
Film-advance lever
To allow swinging the film-
advance lever out from the camera
body so the right thumb will fit
comfortably behind it, the lever has
30
0
of unengaged movement. As
the lever is moved an additional
130
0
,
the film and frame counter
advance. When it stops at the end
of the full 160
0
stroke, the shutter
is cocked for the next exposure.
Safe Load Signal/Frame counter
As you continue taking pictures
and advancing film, the red bar in
the Safe Load Signal gradually
moves to the right and the rewind
crank rotates counterclockwise, in-
dicating proper film advance.
Never force the -lever when it
resists further movement at the end
of the film, which may be some-
what before or after the common
film lengths (12, 20, 24, 36 expo-
sures) shown in red in the frame
counter. The frame counter stops
advancing after 36 exposures.