Nikon F3HP Film Camera User Manual


 
Film
advance
lever
@
The film
advance
lever
is specially
contoured
to
fit
the
thumb
and
is coaxial with
the
shutter
release
button.
It
has
a 30
0
stand-off with a throw of 140
0
and
may
be
operated
in one complete stroke
or
a series
of
shorter
ones
.
Frame counter @
To
keep
track
of
the
number
of
exposed
frames,
the
frame
counter
is
graduatea
from two frames below 0
up
to 40.
23
Blue
numerals
appear
every
5 frames (0, 5,
10,
etc.)
with
dots in between. White marks
at
12,
20, 24,
and
36 indi-
cate
the
number
of frames available
on
most film
car-
tridges.
When
making
blank
shots with the shutter
speed
dial
set to "A,"
the
shutter will fire at 1/S0
sec
. until
the
frame
counter
reaches
"1." In addition,
the
LCD shows
SO
in
the
finder.
Or
if
you set
the
dial manually
between
1/125
and
1/2000
sec
.,
the
shutter will still fire at 1/S0 sec.
In
the
finder,
an
"MSO"
is
displayed
. However,
if
the
speed
is manually set to 1/S0 sec.
(X)
or
below,
the
shutter
will fire at
the
speed
set
and
the
speed
will
be
displayed
by
the
LCD. Therefore, to
speed
up
film
loading,
set
the
dial to "A"
or
to 1/S0 sec.
(X)
or
above.
"T" should not
be
used
when making
blank
shots as
the
shutter will
remain
locked
open.