In case anyone was interested, I took that film out reloaded it (again) and finished the frames without incident. I've also gotten most of the way through the next roll with no problems. Must have been a "Friday Made" cassette. Crisis averted I guess.
Cory Waters ----- Original Message ----- From: "CBWaters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:38 PM Subject: reload? > The roll of 36 exposure Kodak gold 200 in my MZ-5N seems to be giving me > problems. After about 12 exposures the camera could advance no more and the > LCD window showed me the little roll indicating a problem (I already knew > something was up). I tried to rewind the film and it didn't do anything so > I took the camera into the closet (dark), took the film out, and wound it > back into the cassette. I then reloaded the cassette in the camera, > advanced quickly to about frame fifteen and started shooting again. I got > to about frame 25 and now it's sounding like it's binding again. > Anyone else had this sort of problem? Bad cassette? Crapped-out camera > (EEEEK!)? > AND, given the recent questions about gray market goods, is there a chance I > can't get it fixed in this country? I'm wondering why they wouldn't just > fix anything with the Pentax name on it. What about all the military > service folks who buy cameras and other stuff over seas? Or even the poor > guys like me who buy cameras from nice guys in Australia? > > Cory Waters > about to just take this darn roll of film OUT of my camera. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
