Nikon FM2 Body only Film Camera User Manual


 
CONTROLS IN DETAIL
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Film
advance
lever
®
The
film advance lever also functions
as
a lock for the shutter
release button.
The
shutter release button
is
unlocked when the
lever
is
pulled out to the standoff position.
To
advance the film,
wind the lever to the right
all
the way until it stops. It auto-
matically returns to the standoff position the moment
you
take
your thumb off
it.
A single, completed stroke of the lever
ad-
vances the film by a single frame and simultaneously cocks
the shutter.
16
Frame
counter
®l
The
additive type frame counter
is
graduated from S· ·1
24-
up
to
36
in
even numbers with odd numbers indicated by white
dots
in
between the even numbers.
Even
if there's
no
film
in
the
camera, the frame counter
is
operative, advancing by a single
frame every time the film advance lever
is
fully wound. After
frame
36
of a 36-exposure roll of film, the counter will not oper-
ate even if
you
repeatedly press the shutter release button and
wind the film advance lever; film will
be
advanced, however,
until the actual
end
of the film roll. T
he
counter
is
automatically
reset to S when the camera back
is
opened.