My "crank" used to be a bit on the energetic side too........those days are
long past. /jim
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Subject: Re: [OM] HELP! Did I ruin my roll??
I think it might be the film.. But I have to admit, my crank is a bit on
the "energetic" side..
Yeah, let me see if my local development will let me develop it. My guess
is it's all blank.. Now I want to develop it just to see what is left if
any..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Wichman" <jwichman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] HELP! Did I ruin my roll??
> > I believe this is what happened to me. I'm going to rewind the film a
> take
> > the loss.. Actually, I'll do that right now, and see what the results
> are..
> >
> > This is my second roll of Superia 400 that has done that. My first time
> > this happened, I lost a lot of great shots as well. arrrg...
>
> I haven't have any trouble with Superia but, I haven't shot tons of rolls
> with it.
>
> > OK, the film broke... at the feeder end of things! I kept rewinding and
> > rewinding, and NOTHING. So I went to a darkroom, and popped the back
> open.
> > Arrg!! The film was just bad.. The feeder threads were bad at about
the
> > 3rd shot.. So I don't think I have anything on the roll, and the roll
is
> > completely out now.. Should I still try to take it in and get it
> > processed?? I think it's a goner right?? Damn it! Those shots are
> > replaceable..
>
> As I said, take it somewhere cheap where they won't charge you
> if nothing comes out but, I doubt that you have anything usable at all.
>
> > Can I send it into fuji and get another roll? I'm pissed off now..
>
> Anything's possible but, I'd try for a toll-free number or a website and
> check first.
> It you send it to them and get nothing back, you'll be out the postage
and,
> be even more pissed.
>
> Have you considered the possiblilty that your camera has some problems?
> Is the rewind button on the front turning and releasing ok and resetting?
>
> Film is pretty tough all things considered and doesn't rip that often or
> easily,
> without some force being applied. Most of the ones I've seen break and
> stripped
> are from over-energetic manual winding and, a few screwed up auto-advance
> cameras.
>
> If this is a recurring problem, I'd say it could be the camera.
>
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