Nikon fe - Manual (Page 13)

OPERATION OF CAMERA CONTROLS-continued
Film-Advance Lever
The film-advance lever simultaneously advances the film,
cocks the shutter and operates the frame counter. It also
doubles as the Nikon FE’s meter on/off switch and
shutter button lock.
To advance the film, stroke the lever with your right
thumb as far as it will go. The film will be advanced a
full frame. The lever automatically returns to its 30°
stand-off position when released upon the completion of
film advance.
The film-advance lever switches the meter on when
moved to its stand-off position; it switches the meter off
when moved back flush with the camera body. With the
lever set flush against the camera body, it serves also as a
lock to prevent accidental tripping when the shutter is
cocked. In this position (when the meter is off), the
meter needle in the viewfinder rests below “B” on the
shutter-speed scale.
Frame Counter
Each time the film is advanced one frame by a full
stroke of the film-advance lever, the frame counter
operates to show how many frames have been exposed.
It is automatically reset to S (start), two frames before
0, when the camera back is opened to remove an ex­
posed film cartridge and/or to load a new roll of film.
The fram’e counter has indications for up to a maximum
of 36 frames, with all odd numbers calibrated in dots
and all even numbers in figures. The figures are in white,
except for 1 2, 20 and 36 which appear in red to indicate
the maximum number of exposures available, respective­
ly, with standard film cartridges.
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