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Film Loading

The Canon A-1 accepts color or black and white film in standard 35mm cartridges. When loading and unloading film, avoid direct sunlight and take care not to touch the shutter curtain, the film trails or the pressure plate.

To load the film, first fold out the rewind crank and sharply pull up the rewind knob. The camera's back cover will pop open. Put the cartridge into the film cartridge chamber so that the protruding part of the spool is on the bottom and push down and rotate the rewind knob until it drops into its fully- seated position. Now pull the film leader across the camera and insert the tip up to at least the first perforation of the film into any slot of the multi-slot take-up spool. Advance the film once, making sure the film sprocket holes are engaged with the teeth of the film transport sprocket.

Check to see that the cartridge is in a fully-seated position and that the film is taut. If there is film slack, gently turn the rewind crank clockwise until it stops. Snap the back cover shut. Gently turn the rewind crank in the direction of the arrow to take up film slack and then fold the rewind crank back in.

Switch the AE mode selector to TV and turn the AT dial to a fast shutter speed. Now make two blank shots, turning the film advance lever and releasing the shutter, so that the frame counter advances from “S” to “0”. While doing this, keep an eye on the rewind knob. If it rotates, the film is properly loaded. If it does not rotate, chances are that the film is sagging or the film perforations are not properly engaged in the take-up spool and film transport sprocket. If the rewind knob still does not rotate once you have gently turned the

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