NO NO NO. Your camera fires even if there is no film in it. This avoids the great problems of trying to convince it the film has wound successfully. Have you never tested a camera in a shop without film in? The shutter still fires.
> -----Original Message----- > From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 19 September 2002 16:19 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Dry firing (was sillycon film) > > > Hi Rob, > > The only way I can see that they can convince a film camera > that it can fire is to convince it that there _is_ film > there. With all the Pentax models I've seen, that means > using a mechanical method to fool it into thinking that. > With others that use LEDs, the solution is much simpler. > > m > >
