autowinder

Later purchases included an autowinder, a long remote release cable and a tripod.

"Autowinder," Pat said: not an explanation, but at least a name to give to the thing that whirred.

Using a long remote release cable and an autowinder to expose and wind the film, one can now retire to a safe distance, leaving the fish to spawn undisturbed.

Thanking my lucky stars for putting me here with a camera, and without my noisy autowinder, I began to slowly click off pictures, pacing myself so as not to run out of film.

The Nikkormat ELW, manufactured from 1976 to 1977, was an EL modified to accept the Nikon AW-1 autowinder, providing motorized film advance up to 2 frames per second.