Of course one could use AGFA's HDC + which gives you 3 free exposures on a
24 exposure roll., that means you get 27 exposures for the price of
24. One of our local supermarkets sells AGFA HDC+ 100 for $1.99 USD.
DG
At 09:13 PM 5/15/01 +0530, you wrote:
>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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