Can you get more than 36 photos from Olympus mju II?

[ForestCap]

Hi,

I have a question regarding Olympus Mju II: Can you get more than 36 shots from Mju II when shooting a 36 frames/roll film? If not, will the blanks be at beginning of the roll or end of the roll?

Thanks!

 

[btgc]

I haven't used mine for ages but I think with DX coded film Mju will expose number of frames encoded on cartridge. Without, it doesn't knows number of frames and will advance to next from until film is all used up, but note default ISO value.

I haven't tried to used DX coded catridge to retain ISO but tape over film length patches to squeeze out extra frames.

 

[ForestCap]

Hmm, I'm not sure about the DX coded frame counts part because I got like 26 frames out of a DX coded 24 roll. Plus, I don't think the DX contacts reader even touch the second row of DX coding (which is responsible for the frame counts).

I haven't used 36 frames roll inside my Mju ii, hence my question came up. Well, maybe I will just try one myself after I finish other rolls in other cameras...

 

[David Hughes]

Hi,

I get the blanks at the front and, usually, 26 frames from a 24, so I can guess the answer as accurately...

With only four DX contacts instead of twelve I don't think it takes much information from the DX coding, only a restricted range of film speeds; like a lot of other cameras I can think of. I've only ever seen one or two with 12 contacts.

Regards, David

 

[sevo]

I have not encountered a single camera that did wind back by counter (except APS cameras) - all of mine had end sensors. Cameras could not rely on DX information (special film never had it), so all of them had to have a security wind back switch to avoid burning out the motor - the DX length was only ever used for "n frames to go" displays.

 

[David Hughes]

Hi,

That's interesting; I know the DX code gives the number of exposures in the second row of contacts. But my experience (and data base or catalogue) says several run backwards but only one camera has had the full complement of contacts (Minolta 7000i). Most have 4; a few have 6 and one or two have 3 DX contacts...

So how do they do it? Another "loose thread" to worry about!

Regards, David

 

[sevo]

Hi,

That's interesting; I know the DX code gives the number of exposures in the second row of contacts. But my experience (and data base or catalogue) says several run backwards but only one camera has had the full complement of contacts (Minolta 7000i). Most have 4; a few have 6 and one or two have 3 DX contacts...

So how do they do it? Another "loose thread" to worry about!

Most backward counting cameras are also backward transporting, winding on all the film at loading, and running it back into the cartridge as they expose - this doubles as a protection for the exposed images if the user opens the door. A few are forward transporting/backward counting - these tend to use DX (or have the user preset a mechanical counter, in early ones), and may have some exposures left when the counter hits the 0.