biglouis Posted November 10, 2007 Share #1 Posted November 10, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Went out early this morning and invested in some TMAX-100 to go and shoot a particular area of Broadgate. Spent a couple of hours taking what I wanted. Got back to the film processors and forgot to rewind the film before taking the base of the M6TTL. Damn and blast. Decided to have the film processed just in case something comes out. The trials and tribulations of becoming a film camera owner in a decidedly digital world. LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stunsworth Posted November 10, 2007 Share #2 Posted November 10, 2007 Louis, if we're lucky it's something we do once. Yes, I've done that too <grin>. You should find that the majority of the photographs will be ok. The take up spool winds the film very tightly. I always rewind the film as soon as I think I've finished with it, easy to say after the event. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted November 10, 2007 Share #3 Posted November 10, 2007 Never done that Louis , but be assured that you won't have lost as many of the images as you might imagine. My achilles is not winding the film through the camera. Never happens on the M3, but my MP has suffered that a couple of times, sadly. Rolo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBA Posted November 10, 2007 Share #4 Posted November 10, 2007 An "it could be worse" story: One of my early mentors told me the story of a doctor who was an amateur photographer. He thought he had a a film advance/rewind problem and decided to open his camera in one of those light-proof bags. After fumbling around to no avail, he fell back on the [apocryphal] surgeon's logic of "when in doubt, cut." He ended up snipping his shutter. Be glad you got off cheap! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted November 11, 2007 Share #5 Posted November 11, 2007 I would expect that the chances of losing everything would be pretty slim, Louis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted November 11, 2007 Well, thank goodness, you all appear to be right. In fact, I'm pretty astonished but perhaps only the last 1-2 frames appear to have any problems and even then I'm not sure that is not down to my over exposing the frames. Lesson learned, though, I'll add to my list of auto-conditions, rewind first, then open base! LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted November 11, 2007 Share #7 Posted November 11, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Agree with what everybody else has said. You'll lose a few frames but most of them will be okay. Been there, done that. Thanks. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semrich Posted November 11, 2007 Share #8 Posted November 11, 2007 I did it recently with the MP, as soon as the shock of realizing what I had just done was over I put the bottom plate back on and rewound the film. I only lost about three of the last shots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm1912 Posted November 12, 2007 Share #9 Posted November 12, 2007 I once couldn't figure out why my film wasn't winding. This was shortly after I got my R4 about 5 years ago. I figured something was stuck, assuming I hadn't loaded the film right... It turned out, I forgot to press the release button on the bottom of the camera. Unfortunately, by the time I figured that out, I had already opened the back to see what was wrong... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATB Posted November 12, 2007 Share #10 Posted November 12, 2007 Yup. This just happened to me yesterday. I was so disgusted I threw away the roll -- I should have developed it anyway as others suggest here. Anyways, I just reshot and chalked up the event as a learning experience with the M. I am actually thinking of putting a reminder to rewind on the bottom plate. I will keep the roll next time (I am pretty sure it will happen again) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebt Posted November 13, 2007 Share #11 Posted November 13, 2007 You all are light weights!!! I was out shooting with a friend this weekend and he did the same thing. He felt very bad until I told him what I did. I went out and shot all day long when I got my 90mm Cron. Shot once in a life time portraits of some very lovely belly dancers as they were performing in the streets. Got to frame 37, and I realized....there was no damn film in the camera at all!!! I normally load my cameras as soon as I take the roll out, but I wasn't sure what kind of film was going to be my next roll. I put the camera down for a few weeks, and when I sent my M3 away for CLA, I grabbed the M6TTL. When I saw the film counter at 1, I assumed it was loaded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share #12 Posted November 13, 2007 I normally load my cameras as soon as I take the roll out, but I wasn't sure what kind of film was going to be my next roll. I put the camera down for a few weeks, and when I sent my M3 away for CLA, I grabbed the M6TTL. When I saw the film counter at 1, I assumed it was loaded. Made me laugh because I have had an equivalent experience in the digital world. My other camera is an Epson R-D1. The only digital camera which will happily continue to operate without complaint even if you forget to put in a SD card. Same experience, out shooting away with a sort of niggling feeling the background until I remembered that I had not returned the SD card to its slot after downloading from it! LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 13, 2007 Share #13 Posted November 13, 2007 I still have that sinking feeling whenever I remove the baseplate of my M8 without rewinding the film..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion Circle Posted November 13, 2007 Share #14 Posted November 13, 2007 I did the 'not checking to see if the film is advancing' thing a few weeks ago. Took out the film from the developing tank, and voila! 1 metre of clear film! D'oh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoskeptic Posted November 13, 2007 Share #15 Posted November 13, 2007 Louis, I haven't done that with a Leica because I always rewind immediately after a roll is finished. However, I will admit to a worse faux pas. I once shot an entire roll in my Nikon FM2 of no film! I exposed what I thought were 36 frames only to open the camera and find no film loaded! What a pisser that was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted November 13, 2007 Share #16 Posted November 13, 2007 Got to frame 37, and I realized....there was no damn film in the camera at all!!! ALWAYS check that the rewind knob is moving! Thanks. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_livsey Posted November 15, 2007 Share #17 Posted November 15, 2007 The second roll ever I put through my 'blad I loaded the wrong way around. The best 12 shots I ever made never made it through the paper backing. NEVER did it again. Nearest was grabbing the M8 on Nov 5th with the full battery that turned out to be the unchanged one on the last bar. Made three shots and was just getting it right ...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted November 15, 2007 Share #18 Posted November 15, 2007 Chris I did this, once, with my Dad's Bronica. Easy mistake to make. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerimager Posted November 15, 2007 Share #19 Posted November 15, 2007 great thread. I not only feel Im in excellent company, but, the 2 times I've taken the plate off before rewinding I assumed the roll was toast, and tossed it. Talk about compounding mistakes. Next time, (there will be one), I'll at least see what I've got! best....Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBA Posted November 16, 2007 Share #20 Posted November 16, 2007 This morning, I loaded my newly acquired M6 for the first time -- my first time ever loading an M. Realizing I was likely to screw up, I was extra careful to make sure I'd done it correctly and that the film was advancing properly. I tried loading it exactly as shown in the little diagram on the bottom of the camera, and sure enough, the film leader slipped out of the winding spool. I had to flick the rewind switch and gingerly pull back the film leader and start again. My second attempt succeeded, but I can just imagine what would have happened had I not been extra careful to check that I'd loaded the film properly. Thus commences a newbie's M learning curve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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