resetting frame counter on Contessa LKE

[morongobill]

Hello out there:

new member here in southern California.

I took a roll of 400 bw today,actually partial roll as I couldn't figure out how to reset frame counter. Also there is a square opening with some sort of symbol on the same dial,what is that for?

Loading the film was easier than I expected as was removing it, and the meter seemed to be close to my Gossen digisix meter.

Focus took some getting used to as I had a problem grabbing the wrong knob and would change another setting.

One keeper of looking at the cloudy sky through tree limbs was a keeper, it appears this is a good contrasting lens.

Well thanks for any help to my "newbie" questions!

Bill Mcdonald
morongobill@excite.com

 

[titrisol]

LOL!
The Contessas do not reset automatically.
After you loaded the film you rotate the frame nbr indicator to 36 or 24 and it starts counting down from there.

 

[dkapp]

The other small window your talking about doesn't do anything really. I think its mainly used to help you remember what kind of film you have in there.

I just checked the manual to make sure, and it didn't list any special function other than "film-type indicator window"

Dave

 

[titrisol]

Look in the Butkus website for a manual, I believe there is one for the CONTESSAMATIC (which is the same camera)