Lee,
Before you lift that crank's collar, you rotate it clockwise FIRST. Say it
with me: "Rotate first, lift second." Of course, I've never fogged
film........ :)
Lama
From: "Lee Penzias" <l_penzias@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> I have an OM-1 and an OM-1n - and recently aquired the same combo for my
> wife. Last time we went out I selected the "camera with no film" from her
> case to load it. Well; it was actually the "camera with half a film" and
> opening the back probably scorched a good portion of the exposed film. I
was
> in a hurry of course, and the error was one of not paying attention,
rather
> than getting flustered manipulating the camera itself.
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