The Hasselblad XPan Panoramic Cameras 393
(see Figure 20-6). When evaluating the exposed rolls of fi lm, remember that the last picture
you took is frame 1 on the fi lm and so on.
A partially exposed cassette of fi lm can be removed by pressing the mid-roll rewind but-
ton below the LCD panel with tip of a ballpoint pen or similar object (see Figure 20-7).
Figure 20-6 Changing the image format. Change the image format by setting the selector knob to
either of the two positions. The panoramic position is indicated by the letter P on the top of
the dial and on the LCD display. A fl ashing P indicates that you have changed to the panoramic
format when only one frame of the standard size remains on the fi lm.
1.
Figure 20-7 Other XPan controls. (1) The display on the LCD panel can be illuminated by
pressing the LCD backlight button, which is in the center on the original camera and on the
left on the new model. A partially exposed fi lm is rewound by pressing the rewind button,
which is in the center on the new camera, on the right on the original model. (2) The self-
timer is actuated at the self-timer setting.
OPERATING THE CAMERA
On the original XPan model you put the camera into the operating position with the operat-
ing dial set to S, to C or to the self-timer setting where the exposure is made 10 seconds after
the release is pressed. On the XPan II you can program the self-timer delay time for either
2 or 10 seconds. The change is made with the up/down buttons on the camera LCD panel,
where you can also see the self-timer setting. At the 10-second delay, the self-timer light at the
front of the camera lights up for 7 seconds and then fl ashes for 3 additional seconds. Set to a
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