Canon A-1 - Manual (Page 46)

Film Loading
The Canon A-1 accepts color or black and
white
film in standard 35mm cartridges.
When loading and unloading film, avoid
direct sunlight and take care not to touch
the shutter curtain, the film rails or the
pressure plate.
To load the film, first fold out the rewind
crank and sharply pull up the rewind knob.
The camera’s back cover will pop open. Put
the cartridge into the film cartridge chamber
so that the protruding part of the spool is on
the bottom and push down and rotate the
rewind knob until it drops into its fully-
seated position. Now pull the film leader
across the camera and insert the tip up to at
least the first perforation of the film into
any slot of the multi-slot take-up spool. Ad­
vance the film once, making sure the film
sprocket holes are engaged with the teeth of
the film transport sprocket.
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