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Re: [OM] The Leica film - good news and bad news and good news

Subject: Re: [OM] The Leica film - good news and bad news and good news
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:24:21 -0600
Sorry you got no pictures, but that is better than a group of spoiled ones. 
Enjoy the IIIf.  If you have questions, give me a note.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus mail list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 4:10 PM
Subject: [OM] The Leica film - good news and bad news and good news


> The film from the Leica was developed today.  I haven't seen it yet
> (I'll pick it up tomorrow) but just got off the phone with the
> proprietor who said I have good news and bad news.  The good news is
> that there's no charge for the developing.  The bad news is that there's
> nothing on the film except some red and blue light streaks on one side
> of the film near the sprocket holes and equal to the width of the
> camera... obviously the spot that was accidentally exposed when I
> removed the bottom plate.  The entire rest of the film is clear (orange
> base) and has never seen light.
>
> But the final good news (sort of) is that I was way off in my estimate
> of having rewound perhaps half of the 24 exposure roll.  Nothing of the
> sort.  The lightly exposed edge of the film starts approximately four
> frames in from the start of the roll.  Conclusion:  The film had been
> loaded but no exposures had ever been made on that roll.
>
> I'm ecstatic and sorely disappointed at the same time.  Sorry for the
> anticlimactic ending.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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