Kalinka Optics Zenit-122 User Manual page 5

CAMERA LOADING
counterclockwise so that its slot take the horizontal position, remove the cap and
take out the exhausted batteries should there be any. Put new batteries into the
compartment with signs "+" outward (upwards).
Replace the cap with its slot in the horizontal position and turn it clockwise by 90°
to set the slot in the vertical position.
Check the indicating light for operation. To do this, looking through the viewfinder
eyepiece press the release button 5 till a definite stop is felt. If the light-emitting
diodes (one or both) light up it means that the power supply operates properly.
Load the camera with film in the following way:
- lift the film rewind crank 12, pull out the rewind knob 11 as far as it will go, and
open the camera back door;
- put a loaded cassette into the chamber 21;
- return the rewind knob 11 to a locked position slightly turning it, if required, to let
the spool guide enter the cassette;
- draw out a film leader as long as to reach the camera edge and insert it into the
slot of the take-up spool 25; in so doing make sure that a sprocket 24 tooth
engage a film perforation hole;
- close the back door 26, tightly pressing it to make the lock latch;
- to transport a nonexposed portion of film to the film gate, cock and fire the
shutter twice. In so doing the frame counter should be set at "0".
Should the film be wound tightly in the cassette, the film rewind knob will rotate
when the shutter is being cocked. If the film is loose in the cassette, the rewind
knob will fail to rotate at the first frames;
- set the speed of the film loaded in the camera by turning dial 13 till a
corresponding film speed value is click-stopped against the index mark 15.
27 -- distance scale
28 -- depth-of-field scale
29 -- aperture scale
30 -- lens mounting ring
31 -- control pin
32 -- aperture setting ring
33 -- focusing ring
Put the
batteries into
the camera
in the
following
way: turn cap
22