Canon A-1 - Manual (Page 59)

To rewind the film, press in the film rewind
button on the bottom of the camera. Once
you have pressed it, you can remove your
finger. Unfold the film rewind crank and
turn it in the direction of the small arrow
until the frame counter reaches the “S”
mark. At this point only the film leader will
not be rewound into the cartridge. Stop
rewinding here if the film is only partially
exposed and you want to reload it at some
other time. Also, some developing labs pre-
fer the leader to remain protruding, and the
leader may also prevent any stray light from
entering the cartridge. Otherwise you may
continue to rewind past “S” until you feel
no further pressure on the rewind crank.
Now pull the rewind knob up sharply to
open the back cover and remove the
cartridge. It is preferable to place the ex-
posed cartridge back in the canister and to
have it developed as soon as possible.
Frame Counter
The frame counter of the A-1 is an additive
type. It advances to the next number,
indicating the number of frames already
exposed, each time the film is wound. It will
not advance higher than 38. The numbers 0,
20 and 36 are marked in orange, the latter
two as a warning of the end or near-end of
films having those numbers of frames. This
frame counter is also coupled with the
rewinding operation so that it counts back
the frame numbers as the film is rewound. It
automatically returns to “S” upon opening
the camera's back cover.
The frame counter will conveniently stop
during multiple exposures so that several
exposures on the same frame will not be
counted as separately exposed frames.
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