Olympus Pen FT - Film Loading and Handling Procedures; Opening the Back Cover; Film Advance Lever and Counter Operation

1 Opening the back cover: 2 0perating the film advance 3 Film counter:
lever: ------------------
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Lift the film rewind crank and
pull up the knob until it comes
to its first stop . At this point,
pull it up further; then the rear
cover opens automatically. To
close it , press the cover until it
clicks . To rewind the film (see
page 19)
or tighten the film (see
page 18),
turn the rewind crank
in the direction of the arrow .
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1. Move out the advance lever in
a single strok e (preliminary lead
angle 13 °). In picture taking , bring
the lever to this point, as it facio
litates the next advancing motion .
2.
From this point, advance the
lever until it stops, then the film is
advanced one frame and the shutter
release can be actuated (advancing
stroke angle 13]0). Be sure to ad·
vance the lever until it stops; other ·
wise it does not return to starting
position . Don't force it to return
from the middle position of a stroke .
3.
Squeeze the release button
gently ; then the shutter i~ actuated
and the film can be advanced for
the next exposure .
The film counter starts
from " S" and continues
through 72, counting by
4s . i. e. S , 1, 4, 8,12 ,
16 , etc .
Single frames are ad·
vance by the film ad·
va nce lever but, due
to size, this is not in·
dicated on the film
counter.
The orange colored ar ·
row shows the number
of frames exposed.
When
the rear cover
is opened, the film
counter returns to "S "
automatically .