A darkroom or changing bag would be useful at this point. Probably no film in the back and best way to be certain is to open the magazine. Did you turn the rewind crank; if there’s a roll of film you’ll feel the tension.
See attached illustration from the A12 back manual.
If the half moon window is white, it's fully loaded. As it turns red, film is closer to the end of the roll.
Most people forget it's there.
I didn't forget, I mentioned it in my first post
Yay; mystery solved!
The indicator in the window is actuated by a spring loaded arm that follows the OD of the feed spool. Full roll = white. As the spool decreases in diameter it gradually turns to red.Not sure why the film status window didn't clear when I 'wound on' the imaginary roll in the film back, but I guess that's something for another day...
The indicator in the window is actuated by a spring loaded arm that follows the OD of the feed spool. Full roll = white. As the spool decreases in diameter it gradually turns to red.
The arm should also set the frame number to '0', although I have a few film backs without '0' and have a ' ' [blank] instead.
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