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The spindle in a 35mm film cannister is the same diameter whether
it's 12, 20, 24 or 36 exposure. A 36 exposure strip doesn't make
the inside of the cannister that crowded. IMO it's Urban Legend.
I've never seen anything in hundreds of rolls of film that could be
attributed to a difference in how many exposures are on the film, or
whether it was the 1st frame or 36th frame.
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Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:12:23 +0000
From: Roger Wesson <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2n didn't advance the film - why or how?
I've had problems with my OM-1n not winding on. A handy hint from a
list member was that if you push the film leader right through the
take-up spool and out the other side (which I had unwittingly been
doing) then after about half a roll, the roll of film can become bulky
enough to lift the film off the sprocket teeth.
Roger
I remembered Roger's post and pulled it out of a digest. It looks
like a possible source for an Urban Legend. Someone sticks film
clear through the take-up reel, not enough to completely lift off
the sprockets, but enough to push back against the pressure plate,
and the last part of the roll is fuzzy. Of course they don't have
the same problem with a 24 exp. roll, they tell others, possible in
a computer list, and Bingo! I don't think this would happen on a
full size SLR, but on a small camera with a short film path and
pressure plate???
That might be true on camera other than the OMs which back wind the
film on the take up spool.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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