Hi,
the extent of damage rather depends on how long the back is open. My
experience has been that only about 4 frames were damaged, namely
those in the region of the shutter. The ones wound round the spool
were all ok, as were those that were still in the can of course. This
was with a Contax RX, which doesn't give the choice and starts from
frame 1, often giving me 37 or 38 frames.
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Bob
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"Art is a form of play, not to be taken seriously" - Plato
Tuesday, May 15, 2001, 7:01:50 PM, you wrote:
> Fuji pioneered the "advance to the final frame" concept in its
> point-and-shoots, I believe in the early 80s. Some pro-level SLRs (Contax,
> possibly others) now let you choose whether the frame counter should "count
> up" or "count down," roll by roll.
> I agree with Ayesh: Keeping the exposed images safely protected makes so
> much sense, camera makers whose cameras don't offer the feature--at least
> as a choice--have some explaining to do. One can only imagine what
> priceless photos the world has lost because a camera back was prematurely
> opened.
> ------------------------------
> Ayash Kanto Mukherjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A month back, Canon EOS 300 came in my hand and I noticed that it advanced
> the film to the last frame with the closure of camera back. ... if the
> camera
> back is opened by accident, the exposed part goes inside the film
> cartridge and it is the unexposed part which gets spoiled. So, if you have
> taken a few
> shots with lot of hardwork and thinking, it remains safe inside the
> cartridge.
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