Canon Canonet G-III17 User manual

FocusingLever
SelftimerLever
ShutterSpeedRing
AUTOMATIC/MANUALApertureRing
ASAFilmSpeedIndicatorWindow
AutomaticEEMark
FocusingRing
ViewfinderWindow
FlashSocketSafetyCover
FilmRewindCrank
FilmPlaneIndicator
AccessoryShoe
FrameCounter
ShutterButton
CableReleaseSocket
FilmAdvanceLever
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BlueLamp
BatteryCheckButton
ViewfinderEyepiece
FilmTransportIndicator
FilmIndicator
MercuryBatteryCompartment
TripodSocket
FilmRewindButton
iulbExposureSettingLever
FilmSpeedSettingLever
SimpleExposureSymbols
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MercuryBatteryLoading
BeforeusingyourCanonetG-III
17,loadthemercurybattery.
Toopencoverofthebatterycom-
partment,inserta fingernailinthe
openslot,slidingthecoverinthe
directionofthearrow.Byusinga
slightpulloutward,thecoverwill
open.
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Insertthebatteryonthetabin
thecompartment.
•Besurethemercurybattery
isinsertedonlyinthecorrect
direction.
•A 1.35VM20(#625)mercury
batteryshouldbeused—equivalent
totheMalloryPX-625,or
EvereadyEPX-625.
Presscovertoclose.
ReplacingBattery
Whenreplacingthemercurybat-
tery,openthecoverofthe
mercurybatterycompartment
andslowlypulloutthetabbeing
carefulnottoletthebattery
dropout.
•Whenthecamerawillnotbe
usedfora longperiod,removethe
battery.

BatteryChecking
Pressthebatterycheckbutton(coloredred)Ifthebluelamplightsup,thebatteryhas
sufficientpower.Otherwise,thebattery
shouldbereplaced.
•Thebatterycheckbuttonwillnotlight
upattemperaturesof- 15°C(5°F)orunder.
Thecamerawillwork,however,ifthebattery
hassufficientpower.
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FilmLoading
Canon'sExclusive Quick-Loading(QL)mecha-
nismintheCanonetG-III17acceptsany
standard35mmfilmrollincartridge.When
loadingnewfilm,alwaysavoiddirectsun-
light.
Toreleasethelatchofthebackcover,raise
thefilmrewindcrank,andpullitallthe
wayup.
Openthecoverfully.Whenthebackcover
isopened,theQLcoveropenssimultaneously.
Facethefilmcartridgeasillustratedinthe
linedrawinginsidethebackcover,andinsert
itintothecartridgecompartment.Pushthe
crankbacktoitsnormalposition.
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Laythetipofthefilmleaderabovethe
"amber"filmsetmark.
•TheQLcoverautomaticallyopensand
closeswiththebackcover.Donottouch
theQLcover.
BringdowntheQLcovertoholdthefilm
inplacebyclosingthebackcover.
Lookthroughthesprocketwindowtoseeif
thefilmiscorrectlyengagedwiththe
sprocket.
•Ifthefilmissagging,turnthefilmrewind
crankclockwise.
Closethebackcovercompletely.6

Pre-Settings
Wind thefilmadvanceleveruntilitstops.
Thefirstframeisnowautomaticallyin
position.
CheckingCorrectFilmLoading
Thefilmisproperlyloadedandadvanced
ifthefilmtransportindicatorflickerswhen
youwindthefilmadvancelever.
CheckingProperWindingFilm
Thefilmiswoundupifthecolorofthe
filmindicatorturnsred.Theindicatorturns
whitewhentheshutterisreleased.
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FilmSpeedSetting
Immediatelyafterloadingfilm,besureto
settheASAfilmspeedscaleintheproper
positionbypressingthenotchedfilmspeed
settingleverwithyourfingernail,matching
theproperfilmspeednumberwiththeindex
oftheASAfilmspeedindicatorwindow.
•Thehigherthefilmspeednumber,the
moresensitivethefilm;theloweritis,the
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lesssensitive.Forexample,theASA400film
isbetterforshootingatlowlightlevelthan
theASA100film.
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AutomaticElectricEyePhotography
ForautomaticElectricEyephotography,set
theapertureringatthe"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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