In a message dated 98-03-04 09:42:13 EST, you write: << If you've read this far you now the results. Midway thru the 1st roll of the previous weekend my shutter went on the fritz. The 2 bricks I shot in Maine were a total washout (literally). Had I processed those first rolls promptly, I'd have had the slides back before I left for Maine, and would have been aware of the shutter problem. >>
I seem to recall a similar, but much dumber thing that occurred to a hairy individual who I know quite well. During a period of financial hardship several years ago, this individual just spent money on film and not processing. When the financial pressures eased up somewhat, about 75 rolls of Kodachrome that had been exposed on some really neat stuff were sent in for processing. They all came back with a nice image of (what later turned out to be) a chest hair in the sky in the upper left hand corner. After a good round of cussing and crying, I (DOH!, that wasn't supposed to come out...:-)) opened the back of the camera and started looking around. There the little devil was, tucked away IN FRONT of the shutter! Evidently it had fallen in there during a film change and was pulled around to the front of the shutter by the shutter itself. It was not visible with an open back inspection. I knew it had to be in there, so I put the shutter on B, and held the camera up to the light. 5 seconds with the tweezers later, my camera was up and running. The only shots that were salvageable from about 6 months of shooting were shots looking down or with foliage all the way to the top of the frame...(I know they were salvageable because several of you reading this right now have seen them projected or have them in your collections...:-) Moral of the story: Even if you're too broke to get your film processed, do a roll or two from time to time anyway. It's money well spent. Mark Lynn The great muddy north. -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved
