Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, You have SUCH disastors! Noone EVER had things happen to them like you do! And you always live to tell about it! Wonderful! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:46 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica M-3 all or nothing > > Montie no question I relate to and feel this event with you. :-( > > However, mine was only one roll and it occurred because I stupidly > listened to another photographer who said.... "I never roll all the film > back into the cassette because it's faster working in the darkroom if you > leave a bit sticking out on re-wind." > > Well OK I thought next roll out and I'll do it, anything to speed things > up! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Die!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Next roll tail left out and put in pocket, simple enough. However, in a > rush and no thought that I'd just put it in with a number of unexposed > rolls I reached back into the same pocket..........Wait for it! :-) You > already know what's coming! :-( I unkowingly re-loaded the same roll I'd > just unloaded! :-( > > It wasn't until I got back to the paper to soup film, you remember souping > film don't you? ;-) When I realized what I'd done with all it's horror. > However, I thought maybe the good fairy saved my exposed roll and it was > still in my pocket and I'd actually taken an unexposed roll when I > re-loaded. Please!. > > Film souped and the Fairy God Mother did what she had to do..."TEACH ME A > LESSON!" :-( > > Yep it was double exposed and not a frame to be saved. Well heck it wasn't > too bad it was just pictures of the Prime Minister with a visiting > dignitary from another country! Oh well! :-( > > However, from that moment on to this day every roll has been cranked right > into the canister despite any potential time saving factor. > > So Montie be assured you were not alone on the day of your disaster, :-) > as I bet there's more than the two of us on the list who've done the same > thing . :-) > > ted > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >