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TYPE: Lens shutter type automatic 35 mm compact camera.
PICTURE FORMAT: 24x36 mm
LENS: 35 mm f4.5, 3 elements in 3 groups
VIEWFINDER: Inversed galilean viewfinder, under exposure warning/Battery check LED.
SHUTTER: Mechanically, EXPOSURE METER: Controlled by three aperture settings of F4.5,
8, 16 CdS photo cell for under exposure warning.
ISO RANGE: Two position settings of ISO 100/200 and ISO 400/1000
FOCUSING: Fixed type, 1.3 meter (4.26 ft) to infinity.
FILM LOADING: Auto loading system by built-in motor.
FILM WIND: Automatic power winder for single frame advance.
FILM REWIND: Automatic power rewinding, rewind actuated with
rewind switch.
AUTO REWIND STOP: Film rewinding automatically stops upon completion.
EXPOSURE COUNTER: Indicates number of exposed and returns frame
by frame while rewinding, and resets to "S" when camera back is opened.www.4.butkus.org
FLASH: Built-in fixed flash unit. Guide number 10 (ISO 100: meter),
Effective range of 1.6-3.1 meter (5.25-10.17 ft) at ISO 100. Recycling
time of approximately 5 seconds. Flash ready indicator built-in.
LENS COVER: Built-in, shutter locks with lens cover closed.
OTHER FEATURES: Film type window and hand strap.
POWER SOURCE: Two 1.5 V "AA" size alkaline batteries. 4www.butkus.org
DIMENSIONS: 129(W)x70(H)x45(D) mm (5.08x2.76 X 1.7T')
WEIGHT: 250 grams (8.83 oz)
[Wording between these brackets are mine alone]
NOMENCLATURE
1. Hand strap
2. Shutter release button
3. Viewfinder
5. Flash switch
6. Film speed setting lever
7. Film speed scale
8. Lens cover
9. Lens
10. Exposure metering window
11. Grip
12. Back cover release button
13. Frame counter
15. Flash ready indicator
16. Back cover
17. Cartridge window
18. Battery compartment cover
19. Rewind switch
21. Sprocket
22. Take-up spool
23. Film pressure plate
24. Film 25. Film guide
26. Film chamber
[Below are the images from the fold-out users manual.]
NOTE:
1. Do not use Ni-Cad batteries, use alkaline batteries
2. If you do use the camera for a long periods if time, remove the batteries, and store in a dry location.
3. Underexposure may result if the shutter is released
before the flash-ready light illuminates.
4. The shutter will be locked when the lens comer
is in the closed position.
4. Flash
14. Viewfinder
eyepiece
20. Film
rewind shaft

[What you are doing here is covering up the "electric eye" of the camera
and gently pressing the shutter. If the batteries are good, the electric
eye will see complete darkness and show in the viewfinder the flash is
needed.]www.4.butkus.org

[This camera does not have "Auto DX" where it can determine the film
speed automatically.]


[Make sure the numbers advance when you are shooting pictures.
If not, the film is not loaded correctly.www.4.butkus.org
Hold the camera with your hands away from the lens and electric eye.]

[Do not take photos closer then 3 1/2 feet.]
[When needing the flash, pull out the flash "on" lever. The flash
"ready" light must glow before you fire. If the flash takes more
then 30 seconds to charge, your batteries are getting very week.]
[This is a guide to the max distance you can use the flash.]
[After you fire and the motor will not advance, press the rewind button
on the bottom. Make sure your batteries are not just weak, check
your exposure number through the back window against the number of frames
fired. The batteries 
[When completely rewound, open the back. When not in use, close
the lens cover. Again should the film not completely rewind (you
should hear the motor whine slowly until the film comes off the spool,
then wind fast for a second or two) or the film number window not
go to S, change batteries without opening the back.]www.4.butkus.org