However use of high speed films under extremely bright conditions such as beach or
snow scenes is not recommended.
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Load and unload film in subdued light, never in direct sunlight.
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When used in cold weather or if the camera is not used for a long period of time,
the winding lever may not return all the way when the film is advanced. If this happens,
push the lever back to its rest position with your thumb.
•
If the film advance lever should stop before winding is complete and there is still
unexposed film in the cartridge, push the lever with your thumb until it moves all the
way to its advance stop. This will free the mechanism and return to operation.
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If a series of diagonal lines or the film's black paper backing appears in the film-
data window while advancing the film,
do not wind any farther as the film cartridge will be difficult to remove.
36 Viewfinder
Looking into the eyepiece of your Weathermatic-A you will see a bright frame with
focus-symbol settings above it. What you see inside this frame is the approximate
subject area at the three farther focus-knob settings. Pictures at the two closer settings
should be framed within the two short parallax-correction marks near the righthand
corners of the frame.
The red lamp at the right side of the finder lights for low-light warning (see p.48), and
pulsates to indicate recycling when the camera is used in flash operation (p. 50).
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38 Focusing
A large focusing knob with focus symbols simplifies setting focus with your
Weathermatic-A. For sharpest pictures, simply turn this knob so that the index is
opposite the symbol for your subject.
A focus-symbol table is located on the bottom of the camera for easy reference.
