Hi Steve,
Of course is the emphasis on the word "careful".
It is a good idea to pull the film leaver at least a small amout before
rewinding.
That assures the rewind knob is jumped back in normal operation mode.
Frieder Faig
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 11:33:55PM -0500, Steve Goss wrote:
> Let me second the careful on the rewind knob.
> I was on a bus in El Salvador last summer, loading a roll of film, and to make
> sure it was on the takeup spool I tightened the rewind knob a little too
> tightly. I ended up rewinding the lead back into the cassette. Thankfully, I
> had a lead puller in my camera bag.
>
> Steve Goss
>
> frieder.faig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 06:53:31PM +1000, Terry and Tracey wrote:
> > > > You should also wind at least one frame before closing the back to make
> > > > sure that the film sprocket holes engage both sprockets on the spool.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Or watch the rewind knob rotate when you advance the film.
> > >
> > To be cooksure: first careful rewind the knob to put some tension on the
> > film.
> >
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