Exposure count indicator

An exposure count indicator comprising:

• a rotatable flexible split ring including a scale of exposure count indicia provided along said split ring;
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• a mask having a pair of opposite sides one of which covers said split ring to prevent said exposure count indicia from being seen, and an indicia viewing opening with a ramped exit portion that directs said split ring when rotated relative to said mask to progressively move through said indicia viewing opening from one of said sides of said mask to the other side of said mask to successively locate said exposure count indicia at said indicia viewing opening, whereby said exposure count indicia can be successively seen at said indicia viewing opening as said split ring is progressively changed from being at one of said sides of said mask to said other side of said mask.

A method of operating an exposure count indicator that includes a flexible split ring having a series of exposure count indicia provided along the split ring, and a mask that covers the split ring to prevent the exposure count indicia from being seen, said method comprising:

• rotating the split ring relative to the mask to advance the split ring through a ring egress opening in the mask, to progressively relocate the split ring from being beneath one side of the mask to being above another side of the mask to allow the exposure count indicia to be progressively seen, whereby the split ring becomes increasingly present at one side of the mask and decreasingly present at the other side of the mask as the exposure count indicia can be increasingly seen.

An exposure count indicator comprising:

• a rotatable flexible split ring having a leading end portion and a trailing end portion, and including a scale of exposure count indicia provided between said leading and trailing end portions;
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• a mask that covers said split ring to prevent said exposure count indicia from being seen, and has a ring egress opening with a ramped exit portion that directs said split ring to progressively emerge from said egress opening beginning with said leading end portion when said split ring is rotated relative to said mask, whereby said exposure count indicia can be increasingly seen as said split ring progressively emerges from said egress opening.