CHAPTER 34 Using and Handling Film Cameras and Lenses
Most of what you will need to know is conceptually the same for almost every make and model of film camera. Here are some questions you want to consider:
How do you open and close the camera? Let's hope this is fairly obvious. As a general rule, most 35 mm film cameras have a door on the left side that allows access to an internal chamber. (Just a note on direction: Left and right are from the operator's perspective looking through the viewfinder, with the lens in front, so left and right are the operator's left and right.) Inside the internal chamber you will find the pull-down mechanism, the device that intermittently feeds the film past the aperture and through the camera. On the other ...
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