At 03:04 9/3/01, you wrote:
I'm in the related group. Just today, in fact. Shooting some portraits of
the kids. Realized the OM-4T was on manual, not auto -- with a pair of
T32's attached.
The flashes fired, and the shutter 'sounded' about right -- so I may get
lucky.
We'll see.
Tom
Tom,
IIRC, the flashes fire full tilt if the camera is in manual mode. I almost
forgot one of my more crushing gaffes. Only happened once and I was
cured. Finished off a roll in the Contax IIIa a couple years ago and
waited until I was in my car to unload the film. Opened the back (which
completely slides off) staring at a roll of film wound up on the takeup
spool. I had neglected to rewind the film. Fortunately only the last
half-dozen frames were lost and was able to reshoot them the next day, but
it required a second trip to Indianapolis and most of a day to do it. Ever
after that I *always* spin the rewind knob a couple of turns to ensure
there is either no film in the body or that it's rewound completely
*before* opening the back on all the 35mm cameras now (medium format is a
different story; I look at the frame counter which will not advance past
"S" unless there's film in it).
-- John
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