andrew fildes wrote:
>
> >I flew via Japan, so spent most
> >of the 11 hours back to London flying over Siberia, which is
> >unimaginably huge and empty.
>
> Nah! Taiga - been there -full of beech trees. Did you look out of the
> window over the 'dead centre' of Oz? Now that's empty!
>
You're right of course - Siberia is just empty of people. Australia is
empty even of scenery over vast areas. No rivers, no hills, just the
occasional startling monolith if you're lucky. I read the other day
that there is more water in the Danube than there is in all of the
rivers in Australia put together.
> >Now I was confused. Why was it
> >jamming on frame 26? So I rewound it again, clicked off a few frames
> >with no film in no problems - everything seemed to be fine. So I wound
> >forward again, and for a third time it stuck after 26 exposures.
> >Finally the penny dropped. I'd accidentally bought a 24 exposure roll.
> >I NEVER use 24 exposure rolls! I felt fairly stupid after that.
> >Helplessly watched the endless miles of frozen tundra drift by.
> >Roger
>
> Did that just this weekend too in the 2sp! Sigh. Reset it. I even tried new
> batteries. Doh!
> AndrewF
>
Very glad to hear it's not only me that's done this!
Roger
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