To be honest, I couldn't follow this scenario. The one thing that was
obvious though, was that you need a changing bag. It's a purpose-built
double bag with elastic cuffs for your forearms. With it, you can unload
your camera and remove what ever is left of the film. It's possible that
some of the early frames (1-4) are not fogged because there was an awful lot
of silver between them and the outside light. If you just opened it,
cursed, and snapped it shut, (<1 sec as you say), then it's worth
processing. On the other hand, if you opened it and said, "Gee whiz! I
wonder if I can figure out what went wrong", and started examining the color
of the emulsion, then, no, 4 or 5 seconds probably blew out all of your
exposures.
Perfect example of why everyone needs a changing bag at home.
Lama
PS, don't feel too bad. Stuff like that happens and it means you need to
buy more toys. :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Pemberton" <philpem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I recently finished off a roll of 35mm B&W film (Jessops PAN400) and
> started rewinding it. I left the Winder on in case it matters. After
> attempting to wind the film back, it jammed. So I fired the shutter and
the
> winder kicked in. Oops. I turned the winder off and then started rewinding
> again. After rewinding the film about a quarter of the way, the film
> suddenly became very loose. At this point my heart sank - I thought the
film
> had misfed. So I did the stupidest thing possible and opened the back. Big
> oops. I think the 30-odd exposures I've taken are screwed, so unless
anyone
> can convince me otherwise, I won't bother cracking open the bottle of film
> developer. In the brief <1sec I had the camera open, I noticed the film
was
> the usual light grey colour, but it appeared that the sprocket section had
> separated - the area where the exposure is was gone. Here's a quick idea
of
> what it looked like:
> _____________________________________
> | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O |
> ---------------| |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> ---------------| |
> | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O |
> -------------------------------------
>
> I'm beginning to think the Winder has ripped the film out of the
canister -
> but I thought the Winder had a clutch to stop that happening, i.e. it
would
> wind on but the exposure indicator would not increment...
>
> Anyone care to shed some light on this problem?
> Is my camera/winder wrecked?
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Phil.
> philpem@xxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.philpem.btinternet.co.uk/
>
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