Some of the older models don't, (no Pentax cameras that I am aware of), the manufactures supplied a cardboard insert that put a false leader with a small gap where the sprocket would sit to fool the camera into thinking it was loaded.
At 04:20 PM 9/19/2002 +0100, you wrote: >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 > > > >
