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[Robert J. Polickoski]

 I have a Canon AE1-P for which I recently purchased a motorized winder.  In working with the winder without film in the camera, the frame counter advanced.  Now I can't get the frame counter to reset back to S.  The manual doesn't cover this situat

[rick oleson]

 You mean the frame counter on the camera, or is there another counter on the winder?
 
The one on the camera should reset when you open the back.  If it doesn't, it probably means it's dirty; give the camera a good slap while the back is ope

[Robert J. Polickoski]

 Pardon my lack of clarity.  It is the frame counter on the camera which worked perfectly prior to attaching the winder.
 
The manual talks about rewinding the film until the frame counter points to S.  This leads me to think that the act of rewindin

[Robert J. Polickoski]

 Well, I tried the good slap and it had no change.  A behavior I notice is that the frame counter will only advance when the back is closed.  I can cock it and release the shutter many times with the back open and the frame counter will not move.  But i

[Rick]

 It still seems that the counter should become free to reset when the back door is open, and I can't think of anything in a winder that would have any effect on it one way or the other.  I used to have an AE1P and I have worked on a few, but never e

[sloppyjoec]

 could the motor winder be blocking the film door from fully opening? does it work again when  you take the winder off?

[Robert J. Polickoski]

 I was able to cycle the frame counter completely around to the starting point using the winder.  So the problem is solved.
 
Thank you.
 
Robert

[Glenn Middleton]

 Robert, the counter is automatically reset when you open the back.No amount of rewinding film will rewind counter.Counter should not advance when back open,the counter gear is disengaged.The counter wheel is returned by a spring similar to a watch ma

[Glenn Middleton]

 Ooops,second sentence should read'No amount of rewinding film will rewind counter with back open'.Counter of cause counts back when rewinding exposed film and then resets when back is opened,to allow proper reloading sequence.
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