35mm film in a digital age

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Originally Posted by gredawarha

Sad times.

I had a few shots left on my roll of Ektar 100 so thought I would take the camera with me to Selsey as my friend and I took our boys away for the weekend.

My son touched the timer on mt Pentax ME Super and that may be coincidence but the camera then seemed to automatically fire the shutter release immediately upon winding on each next frame. The roll of Ektar was soon finished so I emptied the camera and attempted to load a new roll of film but something is wrong with the camera.

It seems the shutter and the winder have got stuck. Pressing the shutter does nothing and the winder will not wind it is stiff.

Looks like my ME Super is Dead :-(

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Well the Pentax is well and truly dead or at least to such an extent that I cannot repair it. Got my Ektar developed though and the majority of images were preserved. Only the last few frames were ruined

[IMG]http://backup.cambridgeincolour.com/...d116bdde_c.jpg Alex and Nanny stop for an ice cream by Darren Joseph Gregory, on Flickr[/IMG]

This was my favourite from the roll. Focus is off but love the colours and reminds of our summer holiday.

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Originally Posted by gredawarha

Well the Pentax is well and truly dead or at least to such an extent that I cannot repair it. Got my Ektar developed though and the majority of images were preserved. Only the last few frames were ruined

[IMG]http://backup.cambridgeincolour.com/...d116bdde_c.jpg Alex and Nanny stop for an ice cream by Darren Joseph Gregory, on Flickr[/IMG]

This was my favourite from the roll. Focus is off but love the colours and reminds of our summer holiday.

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Glad to see you back with us. Does this end your foray into film or willing to give it another shot?

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Originally Posted by Shadowman

Glad to see you back with us. Does this end your foray into film or willing to give it another shot?

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Hi John

Digital will still be my main thing but I intend to buy myself another ME Super in the new year. They cost peanuts on ebay and I have a 28mm, 50mm 135mm set of primes so I only need the body. I also have some Ilford film.

I can certainly appreciate both digital and film.

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Originally Posted by gredawarha

Hi John

Digital will still be my main thing but I intend to buy myself another ME Super in the new year. They cost peanuts on ebay and I have a 28mm, 50mm 135mm set of primes so I only need the body. I also have some Ilford film.

I can certainly appreciate both digital and film.

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Darren,

It's one of the reasons that I still invest a little time and effort with the film camera I have.