Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-19 Thread petit miam
Great film. On a manual wind camera I always got 28-29 frames from a 24+3 film. The autowind cameras seem to only give 27 though. --- dick graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course one could use AGFA's HDC + which gives you 3 free exposures on a 24 exposure roll., that means you get 27

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-19 Thread petit miam
You can be absolutely sure of getting at least 3 extra shots. It is clearly written on the packaging. And none of this silly sunny-bright language. Jody. Of course one could use AGFA's HDC + which gives you 3 free exposures on a 24 exposure roll., that means you get 27 exposures for the

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-18 Thread Todd Stanley
By doing this on my ME, Ricoh body, KX, and other manual wind bodies I usually get about 40 frames on a roll of film.But if you take the film to a lab, you can't always count on them not exposing or cutting off frames at the very beginning or end, so don't shoot anything important on them.

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-16 Thread Ayash Kanto Mukherjee
On Tue, 15 May 2001, tom wrote: Huh? You get 37 frames per long roll. I get 38 rarely, every once in a while 36. Hi Tom! I have never got 38 exposures (you are quite fortunate from that sense). The maximum that I got is 37 quite often and sometimes 36 but it surprised me a lot when I got

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-16 Thread Ayash Kanto Mukherjee
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Bruce Dayton wrote: I have mixed feelings about the Canon system. Certainly for those prone to open the back instead of wind the film back, it can be useful. I have only opened the back accidentally once on my wife's ZX-10 because she told me that the film needed

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-16 Thread Ayash Kanto Mukherjee
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Bill D. Casselberry wrote: :^) just another example of over automation and too much technical brouhaha. I can load my Spotmatics in a dark room and start shooting as soon as the tongue of the film is once around the take-up spool! Even back in

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-16 Thread Ayash Kanto Mukherjee
On Tue, 15 May 2001, dick graham wrote: Of course one could use AGFA's HDC + which gives you 3 free exposures on a 24 exposure roll., that means you get 27 exposures for the price of 24. One of our local supermarkets sells AGFA HDC+ 100 for $1.99 USD. DG Sorry, I could not get your

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-16 Thread Ayash Kanto Mukherjee
On Tue, 15 May 2001, aimcompute wrote: They were mine. Paul wrote: One can only imagine what priceless photos the world has lost because a camera back was prematurely opened. I am very sorry for that. Did you photographed it again? Just inquisitive. Cheers, Ayash Kanto. - This

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-16 Thread Ayash Kanto Mukherjee
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Bill D. Casselberry wrote: Bruce wrote: My friend has a Canon Rebel and one downside to the system is that all the frames are numbered backwards from a chronology point of view. The mini-labs number your prints and these number will be in the opposite order of

RE: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-16 Thread Ayash Kanto Mukherjee
Hi Patrick! On Tue, 15 May 2001, Patrick White wrote: My PZ-1p, 37, occasionally 38. Wife's Canon, always 36 (they seem to have designed the film transport to do that on purpose). I am surprised. My manual load cameras, 36-37 full frames and some partials. I can see the

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-16 Thread Artur Ledóchowski
- Original Message - From: Ayash Kanto Mukherjee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Autoloaded to frame 1 Hi all! In all the MZ/ZX series cameras that PENTAX has manufactured, the autoloading facility advances the film to frame1 as soon as the camera back is closed. There are two

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-16 Thread Artur Ledóchowski
- Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Autoloaded to frame 1 My friend has a Canon Rebel and one downside to the system is that all the frames are numbered backwards from a chronology point of view. The mini-labs number your prints and these number

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-15 Thread dick graham
Of course one could use AGFA's HDC + which gives you 3 free exposures on a 24 exposure roll., that means you get 27 exposures for the price of 24. One of our local supermarkets sells AGFA HDC+ 100 for $1.99 USD. DG At 09:13 PM 5/15/01 +0530, you wrote: Hi all! In all the MZ/ZX series

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-15 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Ayash Kanto wrote: In all the MZ/ZX series cameras that PENTAX has manufactured, the autoloading facility advances the film to frame1 as soon as the camera back is closed. There are two disadvantages with this system. 1. You loose two to three frames. I have always noticed that.

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-15 Thread aimcompute
They were mine. Paul wrote: One can only imagine what priceless photos the world has lost because a camera back was prematurely opened. - 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

Re: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-15 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Bruce wrote: My friend has a Canon Rebel and one downside to the system is that all the frames are numbered backwards from a chronology point of view. The mini-labs number your prints and these number will be in the opposite order of how you actually took them. See! Technology

RE: Autoloaded to frame 1

2001-05-15 Thread Patrick White
Ayash Kanto Mukherjee wrote: In all the MZ/ZX series cameras that PENTAX has manufactured, the autoloading facility advances the film to frame1 as soon as the camera back is closed. There are two disadvantages with this system. 1. You loose two to three frames. I have always noticed that. 2. If