Nikon FG - Manual (Page 22)

~ilm Advance Lever <
The film advance lever is coaxial with the shutter re­
lease button and is specially contoured to fit the
thumb. A hinged lever, it fits snugly to the camera
body. It has a throw of 144*. and is operated in one
complete stroke or a series of shorter ones. After
completion of film winding, the lever quick-returns to
the stand-off position when your finger is taken off
the lever.
Notes:
1) At the end of the roll the lever will not wind. In this case,
don't force the lever, just release your linger, depress the
film rewind button ®and rewind the Him.
?) Be sure to release your linger from the shutter release
button while advancing the film to prevent taking a picture
accidentally at the instant the film is advanced.
Frame Counter 39
To keep track of the number of exposed frames, th
frame counter is graduated from S (Start = tw
frames below 0) to 36. After “1," and starting fror
“2," every two frames are numbered in white wit
white indices in between. When making blank shot
with the shutter speed/mode selector set at othe
than M90 and B. the 1/60 and 1/125 sec. LEDs w
blink until the frame counter reaches "1," showin
that the shutter is firing at 1/90 sec. Only after "1
will both the meter and viewfinder information wor
normally. Ddn t take pictures until the frame countr
reaches “1." The frame counter automatically reset
to "S" when the camera back is opened.
ASA/ISO Film Speed Dial ^
The scale on the ASA/ISO dial has numbered settings
for speeds from ASA/ISO 12 to 3200. Two dots be­
tween each number stand for intermediate settings,
such as 64, 80, etc. The 64, 100 and 400 settings are
indicated in red. The table gives the speeds for all
intermediate settings. To set the film speed in use, lift
up the dial and rotate it until the desired number (or
dot representing the film speed) click-stops opposite
the index dot ®,
ASA/ISO is a numerical rating of the film's sensitivity
to a given amount of light. The higher the number, the
greater the sensitivity, and vice versa. The film’s AS/
ISO is indicated on the cartridge itself, on the filt
carton and on the data sheet packed inside.
This dial can also be used to compensate exposure
as In the following example: with ASA/ISO 100 file
set the dial to 50 to overexpose -i-1 step: to 25 fc
+ 2 steps; to 200 for -1 step; to 400 for -2 step;
After compensated shootings, be sure to return th
dial to the film’s original speed.