Hallo all! Today I was shooting with my new Ricoh XR-8 Super at a park nearby. Altimately the frame counter reached 36. I thought that I may be able to squeeze out 2 more at least and went ahead, 38 now. But hey! I can advance it further. I was over joyed. Took one more, 39 now. To my surprise, I found that I can get one more. I grew suspicious. This is impossible. I replaced the lens cap on the lens, adjusted the aperture to minimum aperture setting (f/22), adjusted the shutter speed to the fastest and depressed the shutter to avoid any multiple exposure if frame no 39 is really there and had been exposed. I found that it was possible to 'advance the film' further and further. I didn't noticed whether the film rewind knob is rotating or not. Has the film snapped? Or is it a faulty body? The next moment, I rushed to the shop from where I purchased it. He checked it and said,"probably you have not loaded the film correctly" "What? What are you saying?" "Plese let me check." He inserted the camera in a changing bag and confirmed that he was right.
Boy, oh boy! I blank fired 40 bullets. :-(( First time in my life. Cheers, Ayash. - 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 .
