Term - Film speed dial

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Film speed dial

Most cameras now set the speed film automatically using DX coded film cassettes, but if there’s a dial you can usually override. This can be used to uprate a film or adjust to suit your shooting preferences or to bring an out of calibration exposure meter back in line.



 

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