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Re: [OM] The Leica film - good news and bad news and good news

Subject: Re: [OM] The Leica film - good news and bad news and good news
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:30:47 -0500
Thanks, Jim.  I'll do that.  But first I have to sit down and read the 
book that came with it.

Chuck Norcutt


On 12/6/2011 5:24 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Sorry you got no pictures, but that is better than a group of spoiled ones.
> Enjoy the IIIf.  If you have questions, give me a note.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus mail list"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 4:10 PM
> Subject: [OM] The Leica film - good news and bad news and good news
>
>
>> The film from the Leica was developed today.  I haven't seen it yet
>> (I'll pick it up tomorrow) but just got off the phone with the
>> proprietor who said I have good news and bad news.  The good news is
>> that there's no charge for the developing.  The bad news is that there's
>> nothing on the film except some red and blue light streaks on one side
>> of the film near the sprocket holes and equal to the width of the
>> camera... obviously the spot that was accidentally exposed when I
>> removed the bottom plate.  The entire rest of the film is clear (orange
>> base) and has never seen light.
>>
>> But the final good news (sort of) is that I was way off in my estimate
>> of having rewound perhaps half of the 24 exposure roll.  Nothing of the
>> sort.  The lightly exposed edge of the film starts approximately four
>> frames in from the start of the roll.  Conclusion:  The film had been
>> loaded but no exposures had ever been made on that roll.
>>
>> I'm ecstatic and sorely disappointed at the same time.  Sorry for the
>> anticlimactic ending.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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