Paul Stregevsky writes:
> When the Minolta Maxuum was introduced, an ex-girlfriend bought one and
> asked me to photograph her wedding with it. I had never used an SLR, so I
> borrowed the Maxuum to become acquainted with its operation. The exposure
> counter counted to 38...but the film had failed to catch on the takeup
> reel. Since the Maxuum had a built-in power winder, there was no way I
> could tell.
Ouch.
I once had the Z-1p fail to take up the film I'd loaded. When it realised that it
couldn't grab the leader it just rewound the film. I had to get the camera
shop to re-extract the leader :)
Cheers,
- Dave
David A. Mann, B.E.
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"Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up,
while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield
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