At the tender age of 10, my Dad taught me how to shoot a rifle. That day I
learned there is no such thing as an empty gun. Ever. Even when you check
it, treat it as if it were loaded. I find that snippit of wisdom applies to
cameras also. Having suffered consequence b) one time too many, I treat
every camera as a loaded one. Now, if I haven't picked up a particular body
in a while, I gently twist the rewind knob, feeling for the tension of the
film. If it turns freely, it needs reloading. I have discovered spent
magazines inside, sometimes none at all, but it still needed reloading
Now, this is not without risks of its own. Tis with great chargin I must
admit to having "exposed" many a frame with a camera that required REloading
<G>.
One tip I picked up from a local pro is to leave the rewind knob in the up
(extended) position after removing the magazine. This is a clear indication
the camera *should* require reloading before use. But even this is not a
guarantee, only an indication. There is no such thing as an empty
camera.......
Dave Bulger <dbulger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Arrrgh!
>
> In my many years of using film to produce mediocre images of mediocre
> subjects, I've developed two rules regarding film handling:
> 1) Always keep film in the "grab shot" camera (Trip 35)
> 2) Never keep film in the "serious" cameras (OMs)
.....
> I've found that if I leave film in the camera, it will a) be perfectly
> unsuited for the next subject I want to shoot, and b) be horribly exposed
> by daylight when I pop the back open without rewinding to load the film I
> DO want to shoot.
>
> Well, I broke rule #2 and paid for it by getting consequence b).
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