P3D Re: Realist advance

[pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

JNorman805@xxxxxxx writes:
> Mark H. writes:
> 
> << I had been in the habit of advanceing the 
>  film by pressing the film advance button with my right thumb, releasing it, 
> th
>  en advancing the film. This rather than follow the good Dr's clear 
>  instruction to hold the button in for the first quarter turn of the knob, a 
>  two handed operation!  >>
> 
> There's an alternative: hold the button in with the right thumb while 
> starting the advance knob with the forefinger.  Then when you are sure the 
> advance is started, release the button and use the thumb and forefinger to 
> complete the advance.  A one-handed operation!  Seems to work for me.

The usual advice I've seen is to keep the advance button held in until
the red "exposure" flag on top of the camera clears.  I think this is
somewhere around a half turn of the advance knob.

-pd

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