Hasselblad 2000FC - Indicator Signals and Film Handling; Understanding Indicator Signals; Miscellaneous Film Notes

Fig.
18
fndicator
signa,ls
(Fig.
16
and
17)
The
camera body
and
film magazine
have
indicator
windows
(8
and 9) whose dis-
plays
are
affected by the
film
advance.
The
following
signals
can be displayed
in
the indicator
windows:
A.
Both windows
white:
Camera ready
for
exposure.
B.
Both windows
red: An
exposure has
been made
but the film has not
been
advanced
nor
the shutter
cocked.
Ad-
vance
the
film
and cock the shutter with
the
crank
(2).
C.
Film advance
indicator
window
(8)
red
and
shutter
cocking
indicator window
(9)
white:
Magazine
attached to
a
cocked
camera
with the
exposed frame un-ad-
vanced.
Remove
the magazine, trigger
the
camera,
replace the magazine
and ad-
vance
the film.
D.
Film advance
indicator
window
(8)
white
and shutter
cocking indicator
window
(9)
red:
Magazine with advanced
film
attached to
uncocked camera. De-
press
the mirror
program
disc
(13),
in-
cluding the red
center
button, and
wind
the
crank
(2)
one
full
turn. The disc
(13)
only has
to
be kept depressed during the
initial
phase
of crank
revolution.
General
rule: Make
sure the
signals
in
the
indicator
windows
(8
and
9)
display
the
seme
color
before attaching a magazine.
Miscellaneous
The
film
winding crank
(5)
is only
blocked
at frame
1.
So
you
can wind
film onto
the
magazine
take-up
spool any time
after
frame
1 is
exposed.
The frame
counter
(7)
is
automatically
reset
when
the roll holder
key
(.4+1
is
removed.
The
center
of the
ro11 holder key
(44)
features
a
film
consumption
indicator
(45)
which is
white
when the
film
supply
spool
is full
but
which
gradually
turns
red
as
each
frame
is
advanced. A
completely
red
film
consumption indicator
means
that
the
final frame
on
a
roll has been exposed
or that there is
no
film
in the
magazine.
The ASA
or DIN
film
speed
(B)
can be
set
on the
film
indicator
(4).
Settings are made
by
flipping down the
indicator
lid
(4)
and
rotating the serrated
ring. There is space
behind the
lid
(4)
for
insertion of
a
film
box tab as a
reminder.
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