shawn
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Shawn
So wouldn't you use the window on the back of the camera and wind the film until #1 shows up...close the window and fire away? Or do you have to cock the shutter at that time and doesn't that automatically advance the film to #2?
Basically, it will free wind (clockwise) when you are loading it. You stop when you are at one, reset the counter, and backwind (counter clockwise) to cock the shutter. The winder will stop at the point that allows the lever to fold into the body. After that you shoot and the wind clockwise till it stops, then backwind to the stopping point and you are ready to shoot again. That is for the Primo Jr.
On the lever wind Yashica it operates about the same way except that you have to manually cock the shutter one the shutter itself. Not as quick as the Primo but it gives the added advantage of allowing one to overcrank the film which is needed if you are shooting 35mm in it as one crank doesn't advance enough due to the thinner takeup spool without the backing paper.
Shawn