Zenit KM User Manual - 5. Operating Procedure
ZENIT KM User manual, 2003 year
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5. Operating Procedure
5.1. Preparing the Camera for Use
5.1.1. Installing batteries
Open the battery cover 24, after unlocking the cover 25 Fig. 5. Install batteries into the battery section
Fig. 6 in accordance with the polarity on the contacts of the cover of battery section.
Shut the cover of battery section, after fixing by its lock 23. Slightly press on the
shutter release button 4 Fig.2 and then let go of it, the frame counter display 7 Fig. 2
will show the symbol
If the batteries are discharged while using the camera, the frame counter display
shows the blinking symbol “low battery voltage” and blink three light-emitting diodes
of the indicator of viewfinder. Batteries must be replaced.
Attention! Be sure to use only approved batteries in your camera!
Replace batteries or open the cover of the battery only with the camera turned off (led frame
counter indicator is not lit).
If camera is operating, wait for automatic turn off (approximately 1 min.), in this case the
frame counter display must go out.
If it is necessary to estimate the state of the batteries, set the camera to mode “B”,
then press the self timer release button 10 Fig. 2, the frame counter display will show
the percentage of the charge of batteries remaining, for example, 80.
Fig. 6
5.1.2. Loading the Camera with Film
ATTENTION! If the following steps are not performed in the correct order, your camera may
not function properly.
Load the camera with film in the following sequence:
– open rear cover 14, after having pressed the back cover unlock button 26;
– put a film cassette into cassette chamber 11;
– extend the film leader from the cassette approximately to the middle of the take up spool 15 so
that the sprocket teeth engage the film perforation hole. The film must lie between the film guides
without misalignment;
– shut back cover 14;
– set the operating mode switch to “250”;
– turn on the camera;
– press the shutter release 4 Fig. 2 fully and do not release it before the film leader is
completly loaded (approximately two sequences), loading will be completed
automatically, and the frame counter show “1” – the frame number.
If the film did not automatically load (electric motor continues run, but after the release of shutter
release button the frame counter continues to show the symbol “– 0”, open back cover 14, and check
for correct installation of the film cassette and arrangement of film in the camera;
– the selection of film speed from 50 to 3200 GOST is made automatically with the installation of a
film cassette with the code “DX”.