Great Scott, I don't believe it - an honest Pentax film question for the List! Impossible! The Nerve! Nothing to do with digital! Can it be true?
You better believe it. Right, my Mrs took her MX out on a photo trip to Oxford with one of her students and his Minolta <blech>. She was disappointed to discover that one of the rolls of film had about a dozen frames with nothing exposed! Not even the hint of a frame line, nothing on the neg, not even a hint of light. Yet after that, the exposures are fine. What gives? She remembers taking the shots, so she could see the subjects and so the lens cap was not in place on the front <g>. Nothing overtly untoward was experienced, hence the mirror appeared to pop up and back when the shutter was pressed. Hence I thought that the shutter itself might be faulty, not firing when requested. I checked out the camera just now and it appears to be working perfectly.... I've driven 250 miles today, filmed several stories and just got back and ate a pizza and guzzled half a bottle of wine so I am in no fit state to troubleshoot the little camera. Is there anything obvious I have missed? What might cause a whole series of exposures to not be recorded on the neg? Assume the camera is not faulty. now assume the camera *is* faulty. Is a shutter problem possible? Sticky shutter? Any and all responses from you Sherlocks much appreciated, hic. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
