On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Parzival Herzog wrote:
> I notice that
> the manual recommends threading the film, closing the back, then "face
> the camera towards light and take two blind shots." The manual specifically
> recommends against covering the lens and taking (dark) shots to advance the
> film to the first frame.
>
> Now, I have always done the latter (covered the lens and shot to advance to
> frame 1). Here I find that this is "not OK" according to Olympus, but they
> do not offer a reason. Can anyone enlighten me on the rationale for this
> method of loading film?
I would assume their recommendation is just to save time. If you leave
the 4Ti on auto and cover the lens, the exposure will take a very long
time. Shooting two blank shots like this will take several minutes.
Personally I put the camera in manual mode, cover the lens, and shoot
two shots. If I have a recordata back attached I turn it on so that the
blank leader has a timestamp on it. That makes cataloguing the negatives
easier.
-mark
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