Ann,
A way long time back, when virtually everything was B&W, the little
yellow Kodak box and enclosed instructions, recommended the user "load
the film in low light."
While there have been numerous times when conditions require I take a
chance and load film in blazing sunlight, the 'guilt' of that "low
light" admonition is felt.
Jack
--- Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> >
> > Yes, I read your comments. But Ann said that you "have to" switch
> from
> > auto to manual, a statement which seems to imply that the film
> cannot be
> > loaded into the camera unless the camera is switched to manual.
> >
> Well, read Rob's comment. If you are in low light
> - which is where you want
> to be when you are loading film, to be extra
> careful about getting no light leaks,
> and you leave it on auto, you can't load it fast
> enough... hurrying in the field.
> after I close the camera and advance 3 times is
> when the 1/2000, f22, point the camera down is
> important.
>
> I don't remember whether someone suggested to me
> this technique or I
> just happened upon it in a moment of impatients,
> but notice I ain't the
> only one doing it :)
>
> As for lens caps - I don't use them _ I only lose
> them - but I keep a filter
> of one sort or another on the camera all the time.
>
> ann
>
>
> > Why screw around replacing and removing lens caps when changing
> film
> > anyway? It just slows you down, can sometimes be cumbersome, and
> there's
> > little chance that a cap will provide any real protection to the
> camera or
> > lens in a fall. Cameras fall in random ways, and what might afford
> > protection in one instance (assuming that in some instances a cap,
> or
> > filter, might provide protection, in another situation those items
> may
> > contribute to greater damage.
> >
> > Do you use lens hoods?
> >
> > Shel (a bit cranky tonight)
> > "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax"
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: frank theriault
> >
> > > As I said, Shel, the lenscap thing is a habit I picked up with
> manual
> > > cameras. I now see that it's a bad habit (for me, at least)...
>
>
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