mph,
Been there, done that, with no apparent harm to either of my OM1's. I've
always been able to retrieve the roll via a changing bag, which is part of
my standard equipment kit. After the first few occurrences, I learned to be
very sensitive to the force required to turn the rewind crank, and it hasn't
happened to me in years. Habit can be a good servant or a bad master,
depending on how you acquire and train it.
Nick Smoliga
SvT TF12 - Investment Projects
1103 Avenue B
Arnold AFB, TN 37389-1400
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mph [SMTP:howellm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 8:29 PM
> To: OM
> Subject: [OM] AAARRGGHHH!
>
> Talk about stupid camera tricks...this afternoon I took 36 shots of my
> darling daughter just as the sunlight was starting to fade. I am sure
> those
> shots would have turned out great except for the fact that as I started to
> rewind the film on my OM1 I forgot to turn the rewind button towards the
> red
> line. Therefore I "chewed" the first part of the film and eventually had
> to
> trash the roll and clean out the back of the camera. My question to you
> good people is whether or not I have damaged the delicate mechanisms
> within
> the camera. I shot a roll directly after discovering my mistake and
> should
> have it developed by Friday afternoon.
>
> mph
>
>
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