I have mixed feelings about the Canon system. Certainly for those prone to
open the back instead of wind the film back, it can be useful. I have only
opened the back accidentally once on my wife's ZX-10 because she told me
that the film needed changing. I mistakenly thought that she had shot the
last frame and it had wound back. I quickly closed the back and only lost
about 3 frames.
My friend has a Canon Rebel and one downside to the system is that all the
frames are numbered backwards from a chronology point of view. The
mini-labs number your prints and these number will be in the opposite order
of how you actually took them.
Bruce Dayton
Sacramento, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ayash Kanto Mukherjee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 8:43 AM
Subject: Autoloaded to frame 1
>
> Hi all!
>
> In all the MZ/ZX series cameras that PENTAX has manufactured, the
> autoloading facility advances the film to frame1 as soon as the camera
> back is closed. There are two disadvantages with this system.
>
> 1. You loose two to three frames. I have always noticed that.
>
> 2. If by accident the camera back is opened, the exposed part of the film
> gets spoiled completely.
>
> A month back, Canon EOS 300 came in my hand and I noticed that it advanced
> the film to the last frame with the closure of camera back. Thus you
> always sqeeze atleast two to three more shots. Secondly, if the camera
> back is opened by accident, the exposed part goes inside the film
> cartridge and it
> is the unexposed part which gets spoiled. So, if you have taken a few
> shots
> with lot of hardwork and thinking, it remains safe inside the cartridge.
> For a serious photographer it is an advantage.
>
> I wonder why PENTAX has not considered this part of camera design.
>
> Recently, I was using KODAK MAX 400 (the old package), and I got 35
> exposures only though it is expected to allow atleast 36 exposures. It
> happened twice with me.
>
> With regards,
> Ayash Kanto.
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