I have never had this happen with any of the MZ cameras.� On the rare occasion when the leader doesn't catch, the counter correctly shows this fact by flashing E.� I think there is an actual electronic monitor that checks that the holes in the film are passing by.
Getting back to Maciej's MX,� I suspect that it is more than the leader just coming off the "magic needle" spool.� I don't think this could ever happen if he has managed to take the first shot on the film, since by then there is quite a lot of film wound on with the sprockets coming through the holes.� There may be something wrong with�the winding mechanism in his camera.� I used to have�an ME-Super that had this problem, where sometimes when you wound the lever it didn't move the film winding sprockets. � >From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Peter Spiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Either myself or MX not so wonderful, >Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 22:35:28 -0500 > >I once shot a whole roll ( or what I thought >was a whole roll ) on a spotmatic before I >realized that the film wasnt advancing. > >It's photographic RAPE!! > >What an empty feeling. I didnt figure it out until >my exposure counter got to 28 on a 24 roll. > >From that day on I always look at the rewind >knob when loading the camera and even as I shoot >the roll. Never happened again. > >At least with the spotmatics you can check that >way as you go. What about the new autowinder cameras? >Is there any way to tell if the film is really advancing? >I wouldnt be too confident using one if you cant. > >JCO > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
