Hi,
I've just had a major problem with my OM10 and was wondering if anyone
else has had a similar problem.
I recently finished off a roll of 35mm B&W film (Jessops PAN400) and
started rewinding it. I left the Winder on in case it matters. After
attempting to wind the film back, it jammed. So I fired the shutter and the
winder kicked in. Oops. I turned the winder off and then started rewinding
again. After rewinding the film about a quarter of the way, the film
suddenly became very loose. At this point my heart sank - I thought the film
had misfed. So I did the stupidest thing possible and opened the back. Big
oops. I think the 30-odd exposures I've taken are screwed, so unless anyone
can convince me otherwise, I won't bother cracking open the bottle of film
developer. In the brief <1sec I had the camera open, I noticed the film was
the usual light grey colour, but it appeared that the sprocket section had
separated - the area where the exposure is was gone. Here's a quick idea of
what it looked like:
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I'm beginning to think the Winder has ripped the film out of the canister -
but I thought the Winder had a clutch to stop that happening, i.e. it would
wind on but the exposure indicator would not increment...
Anyone care to shed some light on this problem?
Is my camera/winder wrecked?
Thanks.
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Phil.
philpem@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.philpem.btinternet.co.uk/
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