Pentax 645 NII, Operating Manual

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BASIC OPERATION
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Always load or unload a film in the shade or by
using your body to shade the film holder.
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We suggest that you first operate the camera
without a film to become familiar with its opera-
tions.
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The film counter indication advances one each
time the shutter is released.
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With a 220 film loaded, the dot marks appear
before the arrow marking. If the dot marks align
the start mark on the film holder, the first 3 frames
will not be exposed.
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The film counter indication can be set with Pentax
Function No.7 to either count forward or back-
ward each frame.
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If the leader paper is wound far over the start
mark S or the red line, you may lose the last
frame(s) on the roll.
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The film holder cannot be changed or removed
when the film is in mid-roll.
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15 pictures are taken with a 120 roll film and 32
pictures are taken with a 220 roll film. The number
of pictures taken can be changed with Pentax
function No.9.
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With the main switch set to
U
, the PCV signal
beeps for two second when the film is left only
one frame for film depleting warning