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If you open the camera back by mistake before you have finished the film, you will only have lost the last exposed frame and the unexposed frames. The exposed frames have already been wound back into the cassette as the XPan II starts by withdrawing all of the film first and progressively rewinding it frame by frame.

Make a habit of turning off the camera when not in use. The power save function will put the camera in standby mode automatically after three minutes of inactivity but it may reactivate if something presses against it; in a camera bag for example.

Check battery status regularly and always keep some spare batteries in your camera bag.

At very low temperatures, the batteries may not provide sufficient power for the camera. Keep some spare batteries in your pocket, for example, to keep them warm. These can then be exchanged and be used alternately while the cold batteries are being warmed.

The dependable working range for the camera is -10° C

– +40° C.

The LCD's may look dark at temperatures around 60° C and react slowly at very low temperatures. This is quite normal and does not signify a fault.

When using a combination of the 45mm lens, panorama format and transparency film, the natural light

decrease appears as slight light fall-off for critical ap- plications. This is quite natural and is not due to lens vignetting for a stopped-down lens. To minimize this effect use an aperture of f/8 or smaller and avoid un- derexposure. The effect can be completely eliminated by using the Centre filter/Pan for 45 mm (3054453).

Remember that it is roughly the central 20x30 mm area that is used in light metering. This is particularly important when using the panorama format if the scene contains a wide range of lighting or tonal, contrasts.

When objects are very close to the lens, remember that their position in relation to the background will also be subject to parallax and therefore, dependent on dis- tance, will not be exactly as seen in the viewfinder This effect is mainly of concern with the 30mm lens.

Landscapes can often include a great deal of sky in wide-angle photography. If pale in tone or with large white clouds for example, such skies can affect the exposure meter sufficiently to cause under-exposure of the image. Dependant on the desired effect, take an exposure reading from a more appropriate part of the subject, excluding most of the sky, or use an external exposure meter.

Do not forget to remove the lens cap when making an exposure!

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