The Mz-M features an automatic film rewind function.
The Pentax Mz-M--also known as the Zx-M--automatic film camera takes pictures, with a manual option, using 35 millimeter film. Upon receiving your camera, you may have a few questions concerning its basic setup and functionality. Following a few steps will have you operating your Mz-M efficiently and effectively in little time. You can install batteries into the battery chamber, mount the lens into the camera body's mounting chamber, load 35 millimeter film into the back of the camera and take a picture using the automatic functions.
Instructions
Installing Batteries
1. Turn the camera over onto its top, so the bottom is facing you.
2. Wedge a coin into the slit on the battery chamber cover and twist counterclockwise to remove the cover.
3. Insert two CR2-type batteries into the chamber, one after the other.
4. Align the batteries' polarity with the polarity indicators printed on the inside of the chamber.
5. Place the cover back on top of the battery chamber and twist the coin clockwise on top of it to seal the door.
Mounting the Lens
6. Remove all lens covers from the front and back of the lens and the camera body mount--located on the front of the camera.
7. Line up the red indicator dots on the metal contacts of the lens and on the metal contacts of the camera mount--the large hole on the front of the camera body--with each other.
8. Lower the lens into the metal mount frame of the camera.
9. Twist the entire lens clockwise until you hear an audible click.
Loading Film
10. Open the back cover of the camera body by pushing down on the release lever which is located on the left edge of the camera body if you are looking at the camera from the back and swinging the back of the camera open.
11. Insert the 35 millimeter film roll into the left side of the film chamber with the leader pointing in the direction of the right side.
12. Pull the film leader over to the spool on the right side of the film chamber, leaving no slack.
13. Close the back cover turn the camera on by flipping the "On/Off" switch on top of the camera to "On." The film will automatically advance to your first frame.
Taking a Picture
14. Set the exposure mode by first twisting the lens aperture ring--located around the middle of the lens--to "A" (Automatic). This will allow the camera to automatically set the aperture to properly expose the picture.
15. Turn the "Shutter Dial" on the top of the camera to the left of the "On/Off" switch to "A" (Automatic).
16. Hold the camera close and steady against your body in both hands.
17.Frame your subject by looking through the viewfinder, which is the hole in the back of the camera that allows you to look through the lens and place your subject within the frame to your desire.
18. Hold the "Shutter Release" button on top of the camera inside the "On/Off" switch down halfway to allow the camera to automatically set all functions to properly expose the photograph. When you are satisfied with the composition and the lens has focused automatically, press completely down on the "Shutter Release" button to snap the picture.
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