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Topic: A camera loaded with "mystery film."
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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 01-21-2010 11:43 PM
If you remember, I was talking about getting my old camera repaired, just last week.
It's a Pentax Super Program.
I did some looking around and I couldn't find any place in town that would even touch it. If I sent it out of town it would cost a minimum of $130 to $150, plus parts, to do the work. That assumes they can get parts, even.
Pentax does not support this camera anymore.
Just on a hunch, I looked on eBay. I found one being offered for $40. I bid on it and won! I figured, even if the thing doesn't work, I can use it as a source of parts to build one working camera out of. Right?
Anyhow, the package came today. I fiddled around with it after dinner, this evening. As luck would have it, the camera seems to be in working condition! But a funny thing happened.
I cocked the shutter and the film rewind knob turned! Holy shit! There's film still in it! The frame counter says, "18." There must be at least 6 more frames of film left. There might even be 18 frames left. That's half a roll!
Just to be safe, I sent a message to the seller. Turns out she's one of those consignment stores like "iSold-It." She says, that's the way it was when she got it. She says I can throw the film out.
So, here I am. I've got half a roll of "mystery film" in this camera.
I think I'm going to shoot up the rest of the roll and develop the negatives. I won't make prints. I'll just scan them.
God knows what's on that film! What do you think I'll find?
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Bruce Hansen
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-22-2010 04:41 PM
I know it's too late now but, if you wanted to find out what type film was in the camera, make note of how many pictures had been taken. Then rewind the film, being careful to stop just as you feel the film come off the take-up. This will leave leader sticking out of the can, so you can rethread the camera. Attach the film to the take-up, close the camera, and with the lens cover on the lens (so you don't expose the film), "take" the same number of shots, plus two, that was on the film to begin with.
I have done this when I wanted to shoot two different types of film, with the same camera.
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