From: Mike <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> or some other "flag" that shows there is no film in that body. Anybody
have a
> foolproof system for this?
>
> Rich
>
Rant mode ON:
This is a design flaw that has always bugged me. And would be so easy to
implement. What happened to that little window where you could see the
film in the camera? Now we have to reinvent the wheel so to speak. Why
not have an indicator that registers when a cartridge is in the camera?
Add to that a counter that doesn't count unless there is film in the
camera. As a person who sometimes leaves a camera laying around for
months at a time it would sure be nice to be positive the film is loaded
or not.
Rant mode OFF:
Inquiring minds would like to know: do you check the film counter window? do
you ensure that the rewind crank/knob are turning when you wind the camera -
indicating that there is still unused frames in the body? do you check to
see whether the film release lever is depressed - indicating that film needs
to be loaded?
I'm not being facetious here; it's just that I had my share of early goof
ups too (like one afternoon at DisneyWorld I'd REALLY like to forget!) and
learned to pick up foolproof ways of telling if film is loaded. ;-)
Regards,
John A. Prosper
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