Canon CANONET G-III L19 Operating instructions

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FocusingLever
SelftimerLever
ShutterSpeedRing
AUTOMATIC/MANUALApertureRing
ASAFilmSpeedIndicatorWindow
AutomaticEEMark
FocusingRing
ViewfinderWindow
FlashSocketSafetyCover
FilmRewindCrank
FilmPlaneIndicator
AccessoryShoe
FrameCounter
ShutterReleaseButton
CableReleaseSocket
FilmAdvanceLever
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BlueLamp
BatteryCheckButton
ViewfinderEyepiece
FilmTransportIndicator
FilmWound-upIndicator
MercuryBatteryCompartment
TripodSocket
FilmRewindButton
BulbExposureSettingLever
FilmSpeedSettingLever
SimpleExposureSymbols
*ExclusivetoG-III17model.2

MercuryBatteryLoading
BeforeusingyourCanonetG-III,
loaditwiththemercurybattery.
Toopencoverofthebatterycom-
partment,insertfingernailinopen
slot,slidingcoverindirectionof
arrow.Byusinga slightpullout-
ward,thecoverwillhingeopen.
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Insertthebatteryonthetabin
thecompartment.
•Besurethemercurybattery
isinsertedonlyinthecorrect
direction.
•A 1.3vM20(#625)mercury
batteryshouldbeused—equivalent
toMalloryPX-625,EvereadyEPX-
625.
Presscovertoclose.
ReplacingBattery
Whenreplacingthemercurybat-
tery,openthecoverofthemer-
curybatterycompartmentand
pulloutthetab.Thebattery
canthenbeeasilyremoved.
•Whenthecamerawillnotbe
usedforlongperiod,removethe
battery.

BatteryChecking
In caseof
CanonetGUI17!n caseof
CanonetG-IH19
Turntheautomatic/manualaperturering,
releasingitfrom"A"position,andsetitfor
manualcontrolofaperture.Inthiscase,
anyf/stopcanbeset.
IncaseofCanonetG-III17
Pressthebatterycheckbutton(coloredred).
Ifthebluelamplightsup,thebatteryhas
sufficientpower.Otherwise,thebattery
shouldbereplaced.
IncaseofCanonetG-III19
Lookthroughtheviewfinder;thenpressthe
batterycheckbutton.Iftheexposure
indicatorinsidetheviewfinder positionsin
thebluezone,thebatteryhassufficientpower.
Otherwise,itshouldbereplaced.
•Thebatterycheckbuttonwillnotlight
upattemperaturesof-15°C(5°F)orunder.
Camerawillwork,however,ifthebattery
hassufficientpower.
•TheCanonetG-III17hasnobluezone.

FilmLoading
Canon'sExclusiveQuick-Loading(QL)mecha-
nismintheCanonetG-IIIacceptsany
standard35mmfilmrollincartridge.When
loadingnewfilm,alwaysavoiddirectsun-
light.
Toreleasethelatchofthebackcover,raise
thefilmrewindcrank,andpullitallthe
5wayup.
Openthecoverfully.Whenthebackcover
isopened,theQLcoveropenssimultaneously.
Facethefilmcartridgeasillustratedinline
drawinginsidebackcover,andinsertitinto
thecartridgecompartment.Pushcrankback
toitsnormalposition.

Laythetipofthefilmleaderabovethe
"amber"filmsetmark.
TheQLcoverautomaticallyopensand
closeswiththebackcover,Donottouch
theQLcover.
BringdowntheQLcovertoholdthefilm
inplacebyclosingthebackcover.
Lookthroughthesprocketwindowtoseeif
thefilmiscorrectlyengagedwiththe
sprocket,
ifthefilmissagging,turnthefilmrewind
crankclockwise.
Closethebackcovercompletely.6

Pre-Settings
Wind thefilmadvanceleverthreeorfour
timesuntilitstops.Thefirstframeisnow
automaticallyinposition.
CheckingCorrectFilmLoading
Thefilmisproperlyloadedandadvanced
ifthefilmtransportindicatorflickerswhen
youwindthefilmadvancelever.
CheckingProperWindingFilm(GIII17)
Thefilmiswoundupifthecolorofthe
filmwound-upindicatorturnsred.The
indicatorturnswhitewhentheshutteris
released.
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FilmSpeedSetting
Immediatelyafterloadingfilm,besureto
settheASAfilmspeedscaleintheproper
positionbypressingthenotchedfilmspeed
settingleverwithyourfingernail,matching
theproperfilmspeednumberwiththeindex
oftheASAfilmspeedindicatorwindow.
Thehigherthefilmspeednumber,the
moresensitivethefilm;theloweritis,the
lesssensitive.TheASA200filmisbetter
forshootingatlowlightlevel,thanthe
ASA100film.
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AutomaticElectricEyePhotography
ForAutomaticElectricEyephotography,set
theapertureringat"A"position.
TheEEmechanismisfullycoupledtothe
ASAfilmspeed,theshutterspeedandthe
aperture.
ShutterSpeedAdjustment
Turntheshutterspeedring,andmatchthe
filmspeedsettingleverwiththesimple
exposuresymbolofeithersunny,cloudy
orindoor.WithASA100filmfor
example,theshutterspeedsaresetat1/500
sec.forsunny,1/125sec.forcloudy
and1/30sec.forindoor
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