Hi, On the Contax RX you have a PF option which lets you choose whether to rewind fully into the cassette, or leave the leader out. I used to make it rewind fully, but that caused problems when I wanted to mid-roll rewind, so changed to leader out. One good feature of the camera is that when it's finished rewinding, if you do want to wind back into the cassette you just push the rewind lever again and back in it goes. Very convenient.
An even better idea, imo, is to have a smart rewind. If it rewinds automatically on end-of-roll then it should rewind fully back into the cassette. If the photographer initiates the rewind by pressing the lever then it should leave the leader out. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sunday, April 14, 2002, 9:24:47 PM, you wrote: > I finished my first roll of film in my xr-m. It was a pleasant surprise > to find out when opening the back to take the film out that the leader > was still out! The manual makes no mention of film leader out on rewind > but if this is a assumed feature its pretty neat(and i hope the midroll > rewind does the same). I always wanted that in my auto-rewind cameras > (xr-10m doesnt have it. zx-5n doesnt). No of shots left (once it is less > than 9 on DX encoded film) display in viewfinder can be helpful too tho > i dont think i would ever use that. On the negative side, it doesnt let > me fire the shutter unless there is film inside. And the rewind is > noisy. > its neat. - 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 .
