on 4/1/02 8:01 PM, Robert R. Gries at rgg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> After head scratching for a while, I was wondering if maybe the winder
> was to blame for the skipping film. I had a winder 1 attached to my
> OM-1n when shooting (though I was not using it because of noise) and
> noticed ratcheting and "extra" exposures after about 20 frames in the
> rolls shot.
>
> Anyone else have this same experience?
>
>
> Bob
Did you verify that the film leader went *into* the takeup spool but *not*
through? If the end pokes out the other side, it winds up too fat after a
few frames, and then drags on the inside of the camera. I think I learned
this on this list...
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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