On Tue, 15 May 2001, Bill D. Casselberry wrote:

>       :^)  just another example of over automation and too much
>       technical brouhaha. I can load my Spotmatics in a dark room
>       and start shooting as soon as the tongue of the film is once
>       around the take-up spool! Even back in the days of the Super
>       Program, dark forces were at work laying the foundations for
>       this dilemma currently under discussion by deactivating the
>       meter until a certain excess ammount of film had been wound on.
> 
>       disclaimer: due to another over mechanization, this doesn't
>       work well if color film is processed in a color printing machine.
>       Best to use Plus-X, Tri-X or Verichrome Pan and soup it yerself
>       in a small daylight tank.
> 
>       m42 -( Forwrd into the Past! )- Bill    
> 
>         ---------------------------------------------------------
>         Bill D. Casselberry ; Photography on the Oregon Coast
> 
>                                 http://www.orednet.org/~bcasselb
>                                 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi!

Your reply has actually inspired me to purchase a mechanical manual focus
SLR body because I can employ your technique of loading the film only with
such bodies.

Many thanks.
With regards,
Ayash Kanto.

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