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- From: acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih)
- Subject: Re: Canon Elan - leave leader out?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.233438.23098@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- References: <1992Dec28.175058.1@cudnvr.denver.colorado.edu>,<1992Dec28.213102.18522@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1992Dec29.034449.28130@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 04:34:38 GMT
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- In <1992Dec29.034449.28130@ultb.isc.rit.edu> andpph@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec28.213102.18522@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih) writes:
- >>In <1992Dec28.175058.1@cudnvr.denver.colorado.edu> dwing@cudnvr.denver.colorado.edu (Dan Wing) writes:
- >>
- >>>I've heard of some Nikon 8008s owners sending their cameras back to Nikon to
- >>>get them reprogrammed to have the film leader left out when the film is
- >>>rewound.
- >>
- >>>Is this possible with the Canon Elan?
-
- >For this particular camera might it be possible to simply trim off a few
- >sprocket holes off the leader on the "longer" side of the tongue to fool the
- >sensor into stopping the rewinding process while a bit of film still is poking
- >out of the casette? I do not have one of these cameras to test out how much of
- >the edge would have to be trimmed off or even if the scheme would work.
-
- Intriguing idea, but I think the camera keeps winding for a while after
- the last sprocket hole as passed. I doubt it's worth trimming 3 inches
- of film to keep the leader out.
-
- >andy
-
- ACS
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