Turn the Command Dial to any
setting except < >.

Loading and Unloading Film

Loading Film

After you load the film, the camera first winds the entire roll onto the camera’s take-up spool. With DX-coded film, the camera automatically sets the film’s ISO speed. Then each time a picture is taken, one frame of film is rewound back into the film cartridge. The frame counter shows always number of shots remaining.

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Open the back cover.

 

• Slide the back cover release lever as

 

 

shown by the arrow.

 

 

Insert the film cartridge at an

Right

3 angle as shown in the illustration.

 

 

 

 

Align the edge of the film with the

 

4orange < > index mark.

 

 

• Hold down the film cartridge while

 

 

pulling out the film leader.

 

 

• If the edge of the film leader goes

 

 

beyond the orange mark, rewind some

 

 

of the film back into the cartridge.

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Close the back cover.

 

 

• Check that the edge of the film is

 

 

aligned with the < > mark, then close

 

 

the back cover until it snaps shut.

 

 

After you close the back cover, the

 

 

film will start winding on the take-up

 

 

spool and the frame counter will

 

 

count up. The camera will then make

 

 

a shutter-release sound and the

 

 

< > icon and total frame count will

 

 

be displayed.

 

 

During the film’s prewind, the ISO

 

 

speed is displayed on the LCD panel.

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