dbarnes
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Only two kinds of (35mm) photographers:
Those who have hit frame 39.
Those who will.
Those who have hit frame 39.
Those who will.
Advancing past frame 39 with a sinking heart
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helvetica
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I bitterly regret not shooting any Kodachrome just to say I did it. Between the song and Steve McCurry's famous photo, that film type seems like a right of passage from a bygone era!
grapejohnson
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i did this at my cousin's wedding, i'll never hear the end of it
Scrambler
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I've had it happen - but it's pretty hard to do if you use a FED take-up spool in the IIIf. I find the Leica spool more likely to slip. The Soviet spools have hooks that grab the sprocket holes.
I find I do it more with plastic fantastic take-up spool teeth.
A very nice feature of the Hexar RF, apart from the auto loading, is the film advance confirmation with the optical sprocket counter.
3rdtrick
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I did that on a trip to Ireland many years ago. It was with an AE-1 but I found out that most film cameras will let you shoot away with no film. After losing a very important segment of my Ireland trip I learned to watch the take up knob when advancing the film.
Pete
PS: Digital cameras will let you shoot with no memory card...
Pete
PS: Digital cameras will let you shoot with no memory card...
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
That's OK. Alfred Eisenstadt did the same thing when he photographed Marilyn Monroe. Oops! He went back & did it over . . .
rluka
Established
Most memorable is on cousin's 17th birthday.
Loaded high ISO film into the CL and just shoot without confirming the rewind crank is not turning.
Send the film and got reply that the film is empty.
Now with the Bessa, had to be careful because although the crank is above, it doesn't turn with every advance.
Loaded high ISO film into the CL and just shoot without confirming the rewind crank is not turning.
Send the film and got reply that the film is empty.
Now with the Bessa, had to be careful because although the crank is above, it doesn't turn with every advance.
dct
perpetual amateur
Years ago, Rollei B35, Holiday on Föhr island (north Germany). You normally don't see the take up knob being at the bottom of that camera line. I was sure I did change the film: In a hurry it happened I did only rewind the 1st cartridge and didn't insert a new one. The counter was already heading to zero again when I finally had a check under the blanket at the hotel room 😕
You definitely don't want to know the comments of my wife... :bang:
tunalegs
Pretended Artist
I had an Exakta VX500 that let me shoot 41 frames several times, and yet the film was loaded properly and wasn't torn. The same camera then was shooting only 30-32 frames, and again the film was loaded properly. I verified that the counter indeed advances only a single frame at a time, so I'm still not sure what happened (I never did bother to count the actual frames on the film but probably should have). The camera has a manually reset counter, but since it counts down from 36, there's no chance that I reset it wrong when loading (which I have done plenty of times on other cameras that need the counter manually reset).
oftheherd
Veteran
Happened to me just recently with a new Pentax ME Super I got for $20.00 out of a thrift store. I wasn't used to the Pentax's method of securing the film; still don't like it much. But I noticed early on that there didn't seem enough tension while winding, and saw the rewind knob wasn't moving.
Richard G
Veteran
1. The M2: never due to no film, just forgetting to reset the counter.
2. The M6: never due to no film, just a broken frame counter disc.
3. The M5: no film. But only once.
2. The M6: never due to no film, just a broken frame counter disc.
3. The M5: no film. But only once.
Rodchenko
Olympian
I've done it a few times. But I also shoot the XA, Mju, Paxette & Minox, which all fit more than 36 frames on a film anyway. I was convinced my XA was duff when I reached 39, but it was fine. And, on the Paxette, I have mis-set the counter, and ended up with no idea where I am on the roll.
I've once shot a completely empty OM-1. Greatest photos ever, of course 😉
I've once shot a completely empty OM-1. Greatest photos ever, of course 😉
leicapixie
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http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137794
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137794
i have done it on a model shoot, a trip, and the last time using a Friend's Leica M7.
I realized after shooting for an hour, i was way past end..Yup! A former pro did the dumb thing.
The Pentax ME/ME-Super need one to make a fold in leader,then insert.
It will grab the piece like a hungry dog.
Pentax Spotmatic and K-1000, one needs to make sure the,
cartridge, has play, up and down, after loading, or it can jam..
I actually load a lot of my cameras in the dark..
Yesterday i picked up a color roll, developed and scanned.
My 24 exposures had become 28. 26~27 is usual..
When your cheap, these frames count.😀
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137794
i have done it on a model shoot, a trip, and the last time using a Friend's Leica M7.
I realized after shooting for an hour, i was way past end..Yup! A former pro did the dumb thing.
The Pentax ME/ME-Super need one to make a fold in leader,then insert.
It will grab the piece like a hungry dog.
Pentax Spotmatic and K-1000, one needs to make sure the,
cartridge, has play, up and down, after loading, or it can jam..
I actually load a lot of my cameras in the dark..
Yesterday i picked up a color roll, developed and scanned.
My 24 exposures had become 28. 26~27 is usual..
When your cheap, these frames count.😀
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