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To load the Film
the camer .a bade has to be removed. This has been described before, so you can take hold
of the film ca~tridge right away. The cartridge has to ' be inserted into the oartridge bearing,
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but you will find that there is a driving shaft in the way. This leads to becoming acquaint-
~ ed Wtith a new knoh - the so- called rewind , knob, the ' counterpart to the transport knob.
The re-wind knob has to be pulled out as far as possible, and it wiU take the driving
shaft with it. The film cartrid 'ge can now be put in ;, with the concave p. art at the ' top ()f
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the camera, ari~ the beginning of the fi1m wiU co· me to He with ' its coating {light side}
directed into the camera, tow.ar,ds the receivting spool. !Now push the rewind knob ba . de
into the camera carefully and turn it until the driving shaft catclles' the bar in the ,film
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artridge. The trimmed film leader has to be pulloo across to the receiv.ing spool and
fastened into the spool 'sltit, pointillg in die directi , on in whim. it will be advanced. Tu~n
t' he transport knob, making sure that the film does not slip out of the lIHt in the rec~iving
spool and thai the sprodeet teeth catm.' t~e perf , oration holes. The camera bade can now
be replaced on to the camera. Special ' care should be taken iii fixing it into ' the ~ight-hand
groove. For the first exposure, tit is necessary to wind up the exposed film leader until
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