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Author Message   Msiegel Tinkerer Username: Msiegel Post Number: 348 Registered: 03-2008 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 08:12 am:    As Ronnie said - the camera won't work without batteries. So in the current state the shutter is cocked but cannot be released due to missing batteries. Once you have batteries inserted you should be able to release the shutter and to wind on again. You can do this without film loaded. The camera does not have self-timer button which can be pressed in. The red plastic thing on the front is a light that will blink when using the self-timer. It's not supposed to be pressed on. The self timer is activated via the main switch which has the following settings: B.C. = battery control ON OFF SELF TIMER The self timer will work on all shutter speeds except "B". To use it rotate the selector to the self timer position and press the shutter relase. The light will start blinking and after about 10 seconds the picture will be taken. To interrupt the self timer operation rotate the selector to OFF. After using the self timer don't forget to move the selector from the self timer position. Enjoy the XG-1.