If 35 mm is new to you
Your camera uses black and white or colour films,
35 mm. (millimetres) wide, which are available in
light-proof metal containers called cassettes.
The cassette of film is loaded into the camera
and after each picture has been taken the film has
to be wound on around a take-up spool.
You do not have to look into a red window as
the film winding lever winds on just the right
amount of film each time. You can tell how many
pictures you have taken by looking at a
counter in the base of the camera. When all the
film has been used it has to be rewound into
the light-proof cassette before you open
the back of the camera.
Your Sportsman 125 camera takes
pictures 24 x 36 mm. in size. When you
hand an exposed black and white film, in its
cassette, to your photo dealer for developing and
printing you should ask for enprints (small
enlargements) size 3½ x 5 inches or other
enlargements. Colour prints are made
from 35 mm. colour negative films such as
Ilfocolor and colour slides from colour
reversal films such as Ilfochrome.
Your Sportsman 125 camera
If your photo dealer has loaded the camera for
you, you will want to start taking pictures
right away. Turn to page 14 where you will find
set out the essential steps for taking snapshots.
But we start the book by describing the
way a film should be loaded. Obtain a cassette
of film and follow the step by step loading
of your camera set out below. The figures in
brackets throughout the booklet refer to the
parts shown on pages 4 and 5.
