On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Rob Brigham wrote: > I was referring to robocameras too - MZ-30, MZ-S. In order to work out > how the AF360 worked, I did a lot of 'dry-firing' of the empty camera.
My ZX-50 and ZX-5n will fire without film on the takeup spool, but only if there is no cannister in its section, either. If there's a film cannister loaded and a mis-loaded roll of film (ie, it didn't take on teh spool), it flashes E. If its a rewound cannister, it'll flash the "full canister" icon. Completely empty? Fires, no problem. I use this to irritate my girlfriend to know end by pointing a cmaera at her and holding the shutter down. She's grown used to the fact I don't have film, which tends to irk her more when she finds out I did in fact have film in it. Bwahaha! Anyways, there's my input, just in case anyone was still paying attention.. maybe you already had it, I admit I stopped reading this thread awhile ago, because teh whole Silicon Film thing is a neat concept in a doomed package. -- http://www.infotainment.org "The destructive character is cheerful." - Walter Benjamin
