

The black button also has a function when the camera is in its default mode. The manual also states that you can achieve a maximum exposure time of 60 minutes if you are using the optional remote cable release. Within both of the bulb modes, you can hold the black button while moving the zoom toggle switch to choose between 0(0.5)seconds to a 60 second exposure shown on the LCD.


This may seem like a lot, but the center black button also acts as a modifier for each of the other buttons. You have the option of automatic flash (the default setting), flash always on, no flash, backlight compensation, bulb mode, and bulb mode with flash. Starting with the yellow button to the right of the viewfinder, this controls the flash and bulb settings. The last thing on the top of the camera is a standard shutter button.īetween the viewfinder and on/off switch, there are three colored mode buttons, with a staggering amount of functions related to each. Both of these modes are represented on the LCD as a flower and a flower with ‘0.45-meter’ text respectively. This mode is flash only, with the focus aid light not active. This super mode drastically limits the view in the viewfinder, compensating for the 0.45 meter (around 1.5 foot) focus you can achieve. There is a super macro mode as well, hidden under a sliding cover on the left side of the camera, underneath a remote cable release socket. There are parallax correction marks when you look through the viewfinder and the flash is optional in this mode. This activates the macro setting, fully extending the lens and focusing the camera between 1.35 and 0.75 meters (around 4.5-2.5 feet). To the right and below that is a button with a flower on it. This is used to activate the backlight on the LCD display, in the older green tinted style. Immediately to the right is a button with a lightbulb design on it. Looking at the top of the camera, there are a few buttons to the right of the LCD. The lens will extend slightly and the LCD will come to life. Looking at the camera’s back, there is a large unconventional switch that needs to be slid up to turn the 105-R on. This camera takes two of the common for the era CR123A batteries, with a corresponding screwed in door on the bottom of the camera. When off, the 105-R has a built in lens cover and retracts the lens a reasonable amount.
