Operation Manual

Assuming
a fresh
bottery
is
in
place
ond
o
lens
and
film
magazine
are
ottached
to
the
clmerl,you
cnn
go
through
the following procedures
step-by-step
to become
fomiliar
with
operating
detoils.
Actiuatlngthe
camera
and
me'tering
sysltern.
Before
you
operate
the 202FA
you
have
to wind
the
cam-
era
to cock
the
shutter
(if
it
is released)
and
switch
on
the
metering
system.
To
be
able
to release
the
camera
you
also have
to
remove
the
magazine
slide.
The fully
wound 202F|can
be switched
on in
two
differ-
ent
ways:
l. By
depressing
the
exposure
button
halfway
in,
i.e.
to
the
"pressure
point".
2. By
depressing
the AE-lock
button.
Activation
as in
(l
)
above
can
only
be performed
when
the
magazine
slide has
been
removed.
At normal
light
levels
this
activation
occurs
when
the exposure
button
is
dEressed
for
an
exposure.
At low
light
levels
the
camera
should
be
activated
a few
seconds
before releas-
ing
the exposure
in
one of
the
automatic
modes.
Activation
as in
(2)
is not
possible
if
the
AE-lock
has
been kept
depressed
for
more
than
l6
seconds.
Keep
the magazine
slide
inserted
to avoid
unwanted
bat-
tery power
consumption
caused
by
unintentional
activa-
tion
of the metering
system.
The
electronic
system
and
the viewfinder
display
turn
off
12
automatically
l6
seconds
after
the last key
or
button
op-
eration,
but all relevant
data is
stored
in
the memory.
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u si n
g,
expos
u
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eose
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Turn
the focusing
ring
until
the image
of the subject
ap-
pears
sharp in
the viewfinder.
Depress
the exposure
but-
ton half-way
in
to the pressure
point.
If
the mode
selector
dial is
set
at the D
or A position
the
display
now
shows
-
besides
a few
other
symbols
de-
scribed in
a following
section
-
the shutter
speed
calcu-
lated
as a result
ofthe
preselected
aperture
and film
sen-
sitivity.Mth
the mode
selector
set
at M
the
display
shows
the letter
M,
the pre-selected
aperture
and the
shutter
speed
set on
the
shutter
speed ring.
Ifthe
exposure
but-
ton is released
again,
the
display instead
shows
the
se-
lected
shutter
speed
and
the difference
in
EV
between
the metered
and
the manually
set values.
You
can now
press
the
exposure
button
all the
way in
to
make
the exposure.
After releasing
the button,
rotate
the
winding
crank
one full
turn
until it
locks,
to rewind
the
camera
and
advance
the film
one
frame.
However,
you
do not
need
to release
the pressure
on the
release
button
to wind
on if
you
wish
to make
a
rapid
se-
ries.You
can instead
keep
the
button
depressed
and
wind
on
after
every
exposure.
Viewfinder
disp.lay
an!
symb9ls.
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Fig.34
depicts
the actual
view
of
the display
as
seen with-
out a prism
viewfinder.
When
a prism
viewfinder
is
used
the
position
of
the
symbols
becomes
reversed,
but
the
microprocessor
adjusts
their
appearance
to make
them
fullv
readable.
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