tom_patrick
Member
Hi
I put a roll of rollei 100 film in the hexar (which is non-DX coded apx100) and it shoots and winds but the counter is staying on zero.
Is this normal?
Thanks!
I put a roll of rollei 100 film in the hexar (which is non-DX coded apx100) and it shoots and winds but the counter is staying on zero.
Is this normal?
Thanks!
Moriturii
Well-known
Try to set the ISO manually to 100 and see it that'll work for you.
tom_patrick
Member
I have done that. The film does not count is the problem.
kzphoto
Well-known
May not have grabbed the roll to begin advancing to the first frame. Open the back and try again.
tom_patrick
Member
F*@%$^&
Cant believe it. I did think that while i was out but assumed it was to do with the non-DX.
Unbelievable, some absolutely amazin shots i missed. Quite embarrassing!
Cant believe it. I did think that while i was out but assumed it was to do with the non-DX.
Unbelievable, some absolutely amazin shots i missed. Quite embarrassing!
David Hughes
David Hughes
Never mind, we've all done it and are just waiting for the T-Shirt...
Regards, David
PS It could be worse, there's a story or myth about someone who retired and spent a lot of money on a Leica and a round the world trip. Got home and all the films were blank. He'd not RTFM and didn't know about taking the lens cap off.
And a lot of people don't realise that the 5cm Elmar has to be pulled out and twisted into the locked position before shooting...
Regards, David
PS It could be worse, there's a story or myth about someone who retired and spent a lot of money on a Leica and a round the world trip. Got home and all the films were blank. He'd not RTFM and didn't know about taking the lens cap off.
And a lot of people don't realise that the 5cm Elmar has to be pulled out and twisted into the locked position before shooting...
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Richard G
Veteran
I took some nice shots in town last week with the M6 while I let my son use the X100. No film at all.
Rayt
Nonplayer Character
Recently I spend a day shooting with a digital user friend who had just bought an MP. While sitting down for a cup of coffee I gave him a lecture on proper film loading. I then decided to finish the roll in the cafe and to my dismay the counter was going beyond 37 and then it hit me. How embarrassing.
dct
perpetual amateur
What a pain! 1999 I still used the Rollei B35 for holiday snaps. It happened the same for many nice shots of our son during the last holiday week
Don't ask for the comments about incompetent gear heads coming from my wife... :bang:
muf
Well-known
I took 36 exposures all on top of one another. The wind sprocket hadn't quite engaged the film and it wasn't being wound on. Realised when the film took 3 seconds to wind back.
I'm sure we all have stories about the "ones that got away". You live and learn.
I'm sure we all have stories about the "ones that got away". You live and learn.
ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
The Hexar AF has no manual rewind knob so you are hereby excused.
OTOH on several cameras *with* rewind knob I wasn't careful, and...
Chris
OTOH on several cameras *with* rewind knob I wasn't careful, and...
Chris
Richard G
Veteran
The Hexar has to get to 1. I don't know whether it would be possible for it to go wrong after that.
spaceman spif
Member
Although I don't pretend they're the "perfect camera", that's one of the reasons I love the Oly XA series -- when you roll the film on you can see the little rewind knob spinning backwards.
I know there are other cameras like that too -- everything without autowind, I guess.
Of course, the good autowinders are quite a bit faster to load and unload...
I know there are other cameras like that too -- everything without autowind, I guess.
Of course, the good autowinders are quite a bit faster to load and unload...