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- From: ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins)
- Subject: Re: EOS FAQ - Bigger and Better!
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:55:18 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.175518.19094@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Nov16.231830.3592@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1992Nov17.071145.9207@colorado.edu>
- Keywords: Canon EOS FAQ
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- In article <1992Nov17.071145.9207@colorado.edu>, panos@burton.cs.colorado.edu (Panos Tsirigotis) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov16.231830.3592@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih) writes:
- > >
- > >6.7. How can I shoot more than 36 exposures?
- > >
- > >It appears that there is no way so far. The camera cannot be made to
- > >ignore the DX-ed film length. Jim Cathey hypothesizes that with the faster
- > >(5fps) film transport that first appeared on the 630/RT, that Canon might
- > >worry about tearing the film off the spool. (Anyone else have experience
- > >with non-DX'ed cannisters? What about if you hit EOF with a roll of less
- > >than 36? Any sprocket hole damage?)
- >
- > As a single data point, I can state that a lot of times I have managed to
- > get a 25th frame out of a 24-exposure film without ever tearing the film.
- > My camera is a 630.
-
- I can also state that I can get the same (25 frames) with a 630. However, I
- have pulled the film right out its cassette one time. This was with a Tech
- Pan reload and I assume the end of the film had not been properly secured to
- the spool. So it can happen.
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