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To rewind the film, press in the film rewind button on the bottom of the camera. Once you have pressed it, you can remove your finger. Unfold the film rewind crank and turn it in the direction of the small arrow until the frame counter reaches the “S” mark. At this point only the film leader will not be rewound into the cartridge. Stop rewinding here if the film is only partially exposed and you want to reload it at some other time. Also, some developing labs prefer the leader to remain protruding, and the leader may also prevent any stray light from entering the cartridge. Otherwise you may continue to rewind past “S” until you feel no further pressure on the rewind crank. Now pull the rewind knob up sharply to open the back cover and remove the cartridge. It is preferable to place the exposed cartridge back in the canister and to have it developed as soon as possible.

Frame Counter

The frame counter of the A-1 is an additive type. It advances to the next number, indicating the number of frames already exposed, each time the film is wound. It will not advance higher than 38. The numbers 0, 20 and 36 are marked in orange, the latter two as a warning of the end or near-end of films having those numbers of frames. This frame counter is also coupled with the rewinding operation so that it counts back the frame numbers as the film is rewound. It automatically returns to “S” upon opening the camera's back cover.

The frame counter will conveniently stop during multiple exposures so that several exposures on the same frame will not be counted as separately exposed frames.

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