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when the shutter button is pushed with cocked
shutter.
Battery
checker
tells
the life of the battery used.
Single stroke
rapid wind lever (rotation angle of 180 deg.
+pre-advancing
10 deg. ) can cock the shutter and transport the film,
The
film transport mechanism
differs
from
35mm
Pentax
cameras, as it accomo-
dates
roll films.
The wind lever advances
the film whenever
it turns,
but cocks
the shutter
only when the film is ready for exposure.
Film
take up operation
is:-
1)
Load a film.
Turn the wind lever leaving the back
cover
opened, until
the arrow mark
on the paper back
comes
to start marking
on the body.
The
shutter
remains
un-cocked
and exposure
counter
does not function,
2)
When the arrow mark
matches
the marking,
close the back cover.
Now the wind lever advances
the film leader,
and the exposure
counter
begins to function,
The shutter
still remains
un-cocked.
3)
When
the exposure
counter
shows
about No. 0 marking,
the wind lever
starts
cocking the shutter,
The film leader keeps
on being transported
4)
When No. 1 marking
appears
the film transport
stops even if the wind
lever turns.
The shutter will be fully cocked when the wind lever fully
turns.
Now,
the camera
is ready for the first exposure.
5)
When
the number
of the picture
exposed, reaches
the figure set on the
frame number control dial, the shutter automatically turns to
'' non-
operational"'",
With the rotating wind lever,
the film advances
for
taking up the trailer paper to the take up spool.
6)
With opening
the back cover,
the exposure
counter
re-sets
automatically.
But if the shutter
remains
cocked, it does not re-set until the shutter
is released.
To facilitate the use of super-telephoto lenses,
the large sized mirror
that flips up with backward movement is installed,
To enable the use of both 120 and 220 type films,
2-positioned pressure
plate is employed,
By setting it to the right or left, the channel on the camera
body varies,
accomodating
either one of the two types of the film;
film with
paper back (120) or without paper back (220).
Film
type indicator
on the back cover
also changes
its figures with res-
pect to the pressure
plate position,
Double bayonet mount
holds:-
Inside bayonet for Super-Takumar
lenses
from 35 mm
to 300 mm,
outside bayonet for
-over 300mm.
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