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Then turn the magaz ine pen ing ey c lockwise o "c lose, " and re turn the knob to i t sform: r pos i t io r i .Do not tu rn the magaz ine pe ing key beforec los ing he back cover .W i n d t h e l e ve r a n d p r e s s h e sh u t t e r b u t t o n w i t h t h e l e n s ca p o n . B y d o i n g h i stw ice you wi l l have c leared he two f rames exposed o the l igh t whi leyou were oad-i n g . . . a n d t h e e x p o s u r e o u n t e rd i a l w i l l a d v a n c e o " O " f r o m " S . " W i n d h el e ve r a g a i na n d y o u a r e r e a d y o r t h e f i r s t sh o t .

The f i lm is proper ly oaded and t ranspor ted f the rewindcrank lever o ta tes whenthe f i lm wind lever i s wound. l f the rewind crank lever does not ro ta te , i t meansthe f lm was not loaded prop: r l y . l f such is the case, take out the f i l i n - - asi l lus t ra tedon pages 22-23 - - and re load the f i lm.A f ter you have in ished oad ing he f i lm, be sure to se t the speed o f f i lm usedonthe f i lm speed nd icatorwindow. Refer to page 15 for se t t ing the f i lm speed.


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I t i s i m p o r ta n t t o h o l C | th e c a m e r a p r o p er I y i n o r d e r t o o bt a i n c l e a r - a n d - sh a r p p i c .t u r e s . H o l d h e c a m e r a r n a v e r t i c a l r h o r i zo n t a l o s i t i o n . . . l o o k h r o u g h h e v i e w 'f i n d e r a n d f o c us . P r e s s t h e s h u t t e r b u t t o n ge n t | y a f t e r c o mp o s i n g y o u r p i c tu r e .T h e s e s t e P s a ( e i m P o r t a n t :H o l d t h e c a m e r a s n u g | y i n b o t h h a n d s .

T h e c a m e r a s h o u l d b e p r e s s e d f r m l y t o y o u r c h e e k o rf o r e h e a d .when us ing i n a ho r i zon ta l pos i t i on bo th e lbows shou ldbe p r essed aga ins t you1 , Uo , iV In a ve r t i ca l pos i t i on ' a tl e a s t o n e e l b o w s t r o u t o b e p i e s s e d a g d n s t y o u r b o d y 'H o l d y o u r b r e a t h a n d P r e s st h e s h u t t e r b u t t o n w i t h a , , limoo t f r , s teadY s t r oke . l f i : r ' ' ,n o t d o n e i n t h i s m a n n e r ,y o u w i l l h a v e a b l u r r e dp i c t u r e .

F o r e x p o s u r e s l o n g e r t h a n 1 i 3 O s 9 9y o u i t r o u l d u s e a t r i P o d a n d c a b l ei e l e a s e t o P r e v e n t m o v e m e n t 'D o n o t p r e s s o n t h e p l a s t i c l l u m i n -a t i n g w i ' n d o w a b o v e t h e l e n s 'T h e l e n s h o o d s h o u l d b e u s e d a tu i i - t i r n " t t o e l i m i n a t e l i g h t t h a t i so r t i i O " t h e P h o t o g r a P h i c r a n g e o ft h e s u b i e c t .


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T u r n t h e f i l m r e w i n d i n g t o , , R" f r o m t h e , , A ' , p o s i t i o n .Raise he rewind crank to i t s operat ingpos i t ion and turn c lockwise, as shownby the ar row. Watch the ro ta t ion of the f i lm t ranspor t nd ica torwhi le rewind ingt h e f i l m . wh e n t h e r o t a t i o ns u d d e n l y t o p s . . . t h e n s t o p r e w i n d i n gm m e d i a t e l y .Re t u r n h e f i l m r e w i n d i n g t o . , A . ' ,Turn the magaz ineopeningkey to the le f t .Open the back cover by pu l l ing he back cover lock outward.


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W h e n y o u h a v e f i n i s h e d a r o l | o f f i l m a n dt e n s i o n o n y o u r f n g e r . Y o u s h o u l d t h e nt h e c a m e r a i n t h i s m a n n e r :

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pul l ou t the rewind crank as far as i t w i l l go and take out the f i lm casset te ormagaztne.

Be sure to put the lens cap on before rewind ing he f i lm '| f t h e f i | m i s f o r c i b | y w o u n da f t e r a | l e x p o s ur e s h a v e b e e n c o m pl e t e d , i t w i | |b e i m o o s s i b | e to r e w i n d t h e f i l m . | t w i | | ha v e t o b e t a k e n ou t i n a d a r k r o o m.


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W h e n t h e C a n o n F l a s h U n i t V - 2 i s f t t e dd i r e c t l y i n t o t h e f l a s h u n i t c o n n e c t o rs o c k e t , a n d w h e n t h e s h u t t e r b u t t o n i sp r e s s e d , i t i s a u t o m a t i c a l l y a d j u s t e d f o rt h e v a r i o u s s h u t t e r s p e e d s o f s y n c h r o -f a s h o p e r a t i o n .

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P e r fe c t e l e c t r i c a L o n t a c t i s m a d e w h e n t h e c a I l 0 r lF l a s h U n i t M o O " l V - 2 i s a t t a c h e d t o t h e f l a s h u n i tc o n n e c t o , , t o C k " t . N o e x t e r n a l w i r i n g i s n g c q s -, u i v ; ; d a 1 i v r ; h r o 1 i z a t i o n s d o n e a u t o m a t i c a l l yi n i f r e c a m e r a i t s e l f .T o e x t e n d t h e f l a s h u n i t f r o m t h e c a m e r a , o r t oc o n n e c t a , p l " o l i g h t u n i t o f n o n - c a n o n m a k e ,u s e a C a n ; ;

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W h e n y o u a r e r e a d y t o p h o t o g r a p h , t u r n t h es e l f - t i m e r l e v e r c o u n t e r - c r o c k w i s e , ? S i l l u s t r a -t e d , u n t i l i t c a n b e t u r n e d n o f u r t h e r . T h i s c a nb e d o n e b e f o r e o r a f t e r c o c k i n g t h e s h u t t e r .T h e t i m i n g d e v i c e w i l l s t a r t o p e r a t i n g a s s o o na s t h e s h u t t e r b u t t o n i s p r e s s e d . . . a n d t h es h u t t e r w i l l b e a c t u a t e d a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 os e c o n d s l a t e r

O n c e y o u h a v e c o c k e d t h e s e l f - t i m e r , i t c a n n o t b e r e l e a s e d u n l e s st h e s h u t t e r b u t t o n i s p r e s s e d .W h e n u s i n g t h e s e l f - t i m e r , i t i s a d v i s a b l e t o u s e C a n o n C a b l eR e l e a s e ,C a n o n C am e r a H o l d e r L , a n d t r i p o d .


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F i r s t t u r n t h e f i l m r e w i n d i n g t o " R " f r o m " A " p o s i t i o nW h i l ewa t ch i n g h e i l m t r a n sp o r t n d i ca t o r ,u r n t h e f i l m r e w i n dc r a n k o t h e r i g h ta n d s t o p wh e n t h e f i l m t r a n sp o r t n d i ca t o rh a s m a d ea b o u to n e - a n d - a - h a l fu r n s .Re t u r n h e r e w i n d i n g t o p o s i t i o n A . "wind the wind ing ever , and you are ready to expose or the second ime ont h e sa m e f i l m f r a m e .By repeat ing he same operat ion ,mul t ip le exposurescan be obta ined ' By turn 'ing the f i lm t ranspor t ind ica tor two-and-a-ha l furns, you can make a doub leexposureon the f i lm before your las t one.

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T h e l e n s m o u n t i n g f a n g e o f t h e C a n o n 7 i s e q u i p p e dw i t h b o t h t h e C a n o n s t a n d a r d s c r e w - i n - m o u n t a n dC a n o n s p e c i a l b a y o n e t - m o u n t M . T o d e t a c h a s c r e w -i n - t y p e l e n s ( o t h e r t h a n t h e F 0 . 9 5 5 0 m m l e n s ) f r o mt h e c a m e r a , h o l d t h e l e n s b a r r e l a t r t s b a s e a n d t u r nc o u n t e r - c l o c k w i s e ( i l l u s t r a t e d b y s m a l l a r r o w ) . T o r e -p l a c e a l e n s , k e e p l e n s c a p o n b u t r e m o v e t h e d u s tc a p f r o m t h e l e n s . T u r n t h e l e n s f i r s t c o u n t e r - c l o c k -w i s e f o r h a l f a t u r n t o i n s u r e t h a t t h e l e n s t h r e a d sa n d t h e c am e r a m o u n t i n g f a n g e d o n o t c r o s s . N e x t ,t u r n c l o c k w i s e ( i l l u s t r a t e db y l a r g e a r r o w ) u n t i l t h e l e n si s s e c u r e l y i n p l a c e .When mount ing or d ismount inga lens of 85mm or greater foca l length , be sureto set i t a t the nearest foo tage set t ing .

T o d e t a c h a s p e c i a l b a y o n e t - m o u n t - M - t y p e l e n s f r o mt h e c a m e r a , t u r n t h e b a y o n e t t i g h t e n i n g r i n g c o u n t e r -c l o c k w i s e ( i l l u s t r a t e db y s m a l l a r r o w ) . . . t h e n t h e l e n sc a n b e p u l l e d o u t . T o f i t t h e l e n s i n t o p o s i t i o n , f f i a t c ht h e r e d m a r k o f t h e t i g h t e n i n g r i n g t o t h e p i n o n t h el e n s b a r r e l . I n s e r t t h e p i n o f t h e l e n s i n t o t h e h o l eo n t h e l e n s m o u n t i n g f l a n g e . . . a n d t u r n t h e t i g h t e n -i n g r i n g c l o c k w i s e ( i l l u s t r a t e d b y l a r g e a r r o w w h i l ep u s h i n g n t h e l e n s .

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f i l mp l a n e i s t a k e n , t h e n t h e d i s t a n c e i n d e x m a r k i ss e t t o t h e a c t u a l d i s t a n c e f i g u r e '

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The depth-o f - f ie ld ca leshows you the range of sub jects which wi l l be in sharp ocuso n t h e f i l m . T h i s r a n g e w i i l v a r y w i t h t h e " F " s t o p se r e c t e d . F o r e xa m p r e :The depth-o f_ f ie ld i l l be deeper . .t h e sm a l l e r h e l e n s a p e r t u r ethe shor ter the lens foca l lengththe far ther the d is tance of the sub jectThe depth-o f_ f ie ld i l l be sha l low . .w i t h a n " F " s t o p o f F 5 . 6 , a n d t h e su b j e c t yo u h a v e o c u s e do n a t 2 5 - f e e t ,y o u rcamera wi l l g ive you a sharpry f ocused p ic ture f rom approx imatery16- f e t to 55,

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The |e t ter . .R, , i s on the depth-o f - f ie ld ca |e of a | | Canon enses. Th is rs fo r in f ra-r e d f i l m . W h e n u s i n g t h i s f i l m , f o c u s i n t h e n o r m a | w a y . R e a d o f f t h e d i s t a n c e o fthe sub iect you are focus ingon as shownoppos i te he d is tance nd icator mark ont h e l e n s d i s t a n c e s c a l e . T u r n t h e l e n sb a r r e l u n t i l t h e d i s t a n c e r e a d i n g i s o p -p o s i t e t h e r ' R " m a r k . F o r e x a m P l e :w h e n t h e s u b t e c t y o u h a v e f o c u s e d o n i s2 5 - f e e t a w a y , t u r n t h e l e n s b a r r e l u n t i lt h e f i g u r e 2 5 i s o p p o s i t e h e " R " m a r k 'Y o u r l e n s i s n o w f o c u s e d f o r i n f r a - r e dp h o t o g r a p h Y .


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T h e ca n o n F i l m M a g a z i n e i s d e s i g n e d o h o l d5 - 1 ; 4 f e e t r 1 . 5 3 m o f 3 5 m m f i l m .I t co n s i s t so f t h r e e p a r t s c e n t e r sp o o l , n n e r sh e l l ,a n d o u t e r sh e l l .T o d i sa sse m b l eh e m a g a z i n e , l a c e y o u r f i n g e r o n t h e b u t t o n a n d t u r n t h ei n n e r sh e l l c l o ckw i se n t i l b o t h t h e i n n e r sh e l l a n d o u t e r sh e l l s l o t s a r e s u o e r -i m p o se da n d t h e sa f e t y d i se n g a g e d .D r a w o u t t h e i n n e r sh e l l .Inser t the tapered end o f the f i lm in to the la rger wid th s l i t o f the center spoo l .F a ce h e e m u l s i o n d u l l ) s i d e t o wa r d s h e sp i n d l e f t h e sp o o l .

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wind 5-1 /4 feet o f f i lm around the center spoo l moderate ly t igh t for 36e xp o su r e s . . . 3 - l l 4 f e e t f o r 2 0 e xp o su r e s . . . 3 f e e t f o r 1 8 e x p o s u r e s . Donot touch the emuls ion (du l l ) s ide wi th your f ingers .To assemble he magazine, i rs t inser t the center spoo l in to the inner she l l ,w i th the beg inn ingof the f i lm s t i ck ing out o f the s lo t .P lace he center spoo l in to the inner she l l and then p lace t in to the outer she l l .lnner and outer she l l s lo ts shou ldbe super imposed. Turn the innershe l l counter -c lockwise unt i l i t c l i cks in to the locked pos i t ion .when the f i lm magaz ine s proper ly oaded and locked, draw out the f i lm andt r im i t , as i l lus t ra ted.r Th is proceduremust be done in a dark room or undersafe igh t ingcond i t ions.I Keep the magazine n i t s case when loaded.a Keep the magazine lean a lwaYs.

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C a n o n l e n s e s a r e h e l d i n t h e h i g h e s te s t e e m b y p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d d i s c e r n i n ga m a t e u r p h o t o g r a p h e r s h e w o r l d o v e r f o rt h e i r u n s u r p a s s e d , u f l i q u e o p t i c a l d e s i g na n d p r e c i s i o n e n g i n e e r i n g .B e f o r e l e a v i n gt h e f a c t o r y e a c h l e n s m u s t m e e t e x a c t i n gq u a l i t y t e s t s t o i n s u r e t h e h i g h e s t r e s o l u -t i o n , c o n t r a s t , b r i l l i a n c e , n d c o l o r d e l i t y .A i l l e n s e s a r e S p e c t r a - C o a t e d T M i n t e r -r r a l l y a n d e x t e r n a l l y b y a r e v o l u t i o n a r yp r o c e s s o i n s u r e m a x i m u m c o l o r a n d t o n eb a l a n c e , g r e a t e r l i g h t t r a n s m i s s i o n , a n dc o m p l e t e e l i m i n a t i o n o f f l a r e .T o d a y , t h e r e a r e m o r e t h a n t w e n t y k i n d so f C a n o n l e n s e s a v a i l a b l e r a n g i n g f r o m2 5 m m u l t r a - w i d e - a n g l eo l O O O m m u l t r a -l o n g - t e l e p h o t o . W i t h C a n o n i n t e r c h a n g e -a b l e l e n s e s , y o u c a n p h o t o g r a p h a n y t h i n gy o u w i s h . T h e a d d i t i o n o f a t e l e p h o t ol e n s , o ( w i d e - a n g l e l e n s , f f i a k e s y o u rc a m e r a a n e x t r e m e l y v e r s a t i l e o n e . Y o uc a n p h o t o g r a p h i n t e r e s t i n g a n C f u n s u b -j e c t s w h i c h p r e v i o u s l y m i g h t h a v e b e e ni m p o s s i b l e . A w h o l e n e w f i e l d o f v i e ww i l l b e o p e n e d t o y o u w i t h C a n o n i n t e r -c h a n g e a b l e l e n s e s .


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