Is that how you got into moving pictures? stan
On Feb 27, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Cotty wrote: > When I was at art college in 1978 there were half a dozen Zenit E's and > one old Spottie in the photography dept. The Spottie's film door was > broken and held together with tape. The first and last time I used one > of the Zenits it chewed the perfs at the end of the roll and I couldn't > rewind it! > > From then on I ran (did not walk) for the Spottie every time, taped back > door and all. It was a dream to use which was fine by the other guys as > they preferred the Zenits (which were all brand new). Hence how I grew > fond of Pentax. > > Once, upon returning to the college to process in the darkroom, I was > waiting my turn in line when the door on the Spottie popped open of its > own accord and the (rewound) cassette flew out at warp ten. These > cassettes were re-usable and loaded from a bulk loader by the lab tech > every day. They were old and tired (the cassettesm not the lab techs). > As soon as it hit the floor, both ends of the cassette parted company > with the main body and the film was thoughtfully exposed to ambient > light for the second or two it took for me to rugby-tackle it to the > floor. I collected it up in my shirt and (claiming emergency rights) > sprinted into the darkroom. I recall that only a few frames were ruined, > and in fact in seeing the interesting effects of double-exposed perfs on > adjacent frames, started me on an experimental kick with all sorts of > weird shit. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
