Ricoh FF-1 - Film Loading Guide

* Make sure each time whether Battery Check LED
(Green) (14) turns on
or not when you press
Shutter Release Button (7).
FILM LOADING
1. Open Front Cover (9) all the way down .
2. Pull Back Cover Latch (20) until Back Cover (28)
snaps open (Fig. 8).
3. Pull Film Rewind Knob (1)
out all the way to allow
for insertion of the film cartridge (Fig. 9).
4. Place film
into Film Chamber (19) and push down
Film Rewind Knob (1) to its original position (Fig.
10).
5.
Draw the film leader across the camera back and
insert
it into one of the slits of Film Take-up Spool
(26) (Fig.
11) .
6.
Wind Film Advance Lever (12) to take up any slack
in the film and check
to see that the film tip is firmly
hooked onto Film Take-up Spool (26) and
that
sprocket holes on the film are fully engaged on
Sprocket Teeth (24) (Fig. 12).
7. Close and press Back Cover (28) firmly until it
snaps shut.
8. Advance Film Advance Lever (12)
two or three
times, after depressing Shutter Release
Button (7)
each
time , until the number " 1" is opposite the
index line in Exposure Counter (6) (Fig. 13).
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