Nikon F3 High-Eyepoint - Film Advance Lever; Frame Counter

Film advance lever @
The film advance lever is specially contoured to fit the
thumb and is coaxial with the shutter release button.
It has a 30° stand-off with a throw of 140° and may be
operated in one complete stroke or a series of shorter ones.
Frame counter @
To keep track of the number of exposed frames, the frame
counter is graduated from two frames below 0 up to 40.
Blue numerals appear every 5 frames (0, 5, 10, etc.) with
dots in
between . White marks at 12, 20, 24, and 36 indi-
cate the number of frames available on most film car-
tridges . When making blank shots with the shutter speed
dial set to "A," the shutter will fire at lIS0 sec. until the
frame counter reaches "1." In addition, the LCD shows
SO in the finder. Or if you set the dial manually between
11125 and 112000 sec., the shutter will still fire at lIS0 sec.
In
the finder, an "MSO" is displayed. However, if the
speed is manually set to lIS0 sec . (X) or below, the shutter
will fire at
the speed set and the speed will be displayed
by the LCD. Therefore, to speed up film loading, set the
dial to "A" or to 1/S0 sec. (X) or above. "T" should not be
used when making blank shots as the shutter will remain
locked open .
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