part of the back cover. Therefore, easy locking of the back cover requires that the
botton edge of the camera should be pressed tight against the camera body.
Prior to
closing the cover of the carrying case, see that the lens is set at infinity ("
∞
"), or
sunk inside the camera if its mount is sliding.
2. Magazine Loading (Fig. 3)
The magazine 22 of the "Zorki-6" camera consists of outer casing, inner casing and
central spool.
To open and strip the magazine, press off the lock spring until it has cleared its seat
and withdraw the inner casing with spool from the outer casing.
Load and unload magazine by red light or in full darkness, depending on the film sort.
Fig. 3
Cut the film end as shown in Fig. 4, and insert it into one of the spool slits, from the
wider side. As the spool is held with its head facing inside, the emulsion side of the
film faces downward.
Fig. 4
The film end showing on the other side of the slit should be bent and passed into the
second slit, from its narrower side. Then the remaining length of the film end should
be bent threefold, and the film tightened so that the bent end is wedged in the slit.
Holding the spool so as to face its head, roll the film on to it with the emulsion side
inward (toward the spool stem), rotating the spool counterclockwise. Do not attempt
