I also noticed something after doing the tension test technique.
When there's film, the spool spins when you advance the film
No film no spin :)
Dan
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Piers Hemy
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 11:24 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [OM] Fool proof way?
A Open the back and feel for film. If you don't have a darkroom
or
changing bag, you want to be careful how/where you do this. If you
aren't
confident of your ability to do this ...
B Try rewinding the film *without* turning/pressing the rewind
button.
If there is film in the camera, you will feel the rewind crank tighten
up.
If there is no film in the camera, you will be able to turn it freely
for as
long as you like, until you are satisified that there is likely no film
in
the camera. Then you can open the back and look, where you may discover
there *was* film, but it is now all safely wound into the cassette.
OR
C Look at the exposure counter - if it is at "S" then any film in
the
camera is not yet exposed, so you can risk method A.
Apologies for what some will think is an HTML post (Hardly Takes Much
Looking)
Piers
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Daniel
Sent: 30 June 2003 07:43
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Fool proof way?
--snip
how can I be sure I have film in the camera after losing track
sometimes?
Dan
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