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From: "Ayash Kanto Mukherjee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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.
Although most of the film rolls are long enough to get 1-3 frames more than
the number written on the box, I never expose them. When I load a film that
is 36 frames long, I always force rewinding it after the 36th frame is
exposed. Although my MZ-7 allows me to get more (usually 1 frame more - 13,
25 or 37), the real problem is with labs. I lost many "extra-frames" in
processing, so I decided not to exploit any film roll to the last. Those 1
or 2 frames per film are no real profit, in my opinion, and the risk of
losing them by a lab is too big to make using this bonus any sense.
>
> 2. If by accident the camera back is opened, the exposed part of the film
> gets spoiled completely.
I've never faced this problem so far, fortunately. Generally, I'm very
cautious about it and since my camera shows the number of the frame of a
film loaded at the moment even if it is turned off, I always know when not
to open the body.
> 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.
A nice idea - I like it
>
> I wonder why PENTAX has not considered this part of camera design.
>
No idea:)
> 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.
It has never happened with me. I'd rather think this could have been the
problem with the given package itself, not the camera.
Regards
Artur
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