On 4/3/07, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/3/07, Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Possibly, as the film has been sitting for some time partially wound, the > > > effort to wind it exceeded some force limiter, making the camera think it > > > had come to the end. > > So, you think the film may have "settled" in such a way that winding it > > was heavier than usual? > > > Try reloading, putting the cap on the lens and running it right the way > > > through. > > > > > Good idea. Maybe I can run from start to finish several times, even. > > I'll need to find a way to pull back out the start of the film, though. > > How would you recommend doing that? Perhaps I can get a specialised tool > > for it...
<Take 2> That's the one thing I really disliked about my Z-20, Rewinding the leader into the cassette. You can get film leader retrievers: <http://www.adorama.com/Search-Results.tpl?page=searchresults&searchinfo=Leader> ..and they work pretty good. What I used to do when I didn't have access to one, was stick a piece of double sided sticky tape on a scrap piece of film (across it's full width). Insert it through the felt light seal, sticky side pointed toward the centre of the spool, and gently wind the film until I felt it stick to the tape, then pull it out. It takes a bit of practice but once you get the technique perfected, it's a fairly quick operation. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
