Film can break your heart

[Turtle]

Yeah, been there too, but as for taking great pictures, film is no less suitable than digital. The latter also has its share of potential digital catastrophes.

[jwicaksana]

Just happened to me again yesterday. I'll still develop them to see if something's actually in there.

[sepiareverb]

I recall making about 40 exposures onto one frame with an F100 one time while believing I was getting a nest of Kildeer eggs hatching. When I realized I was set to multiple exposure I continued on with the roll and saved myself a whole roll of film and processing. Nothing on that first roll (after the brain cramp subsided) was any good anyway, it was the next roll that had the keepers.

stupidity abounds.

[paradoxbox]

i always check using the rewind crank to make sure my film's loaded after advancing the first frame on my film cameras.

one of the nice things about the m2 and m3 is that the spool that holds the film grips pretty tightly - you can be very certain that the film is winding correctly if you rewind and it won't turn anymore. never had a problem with the m3 but i have had trouble with cameras like the contax II/kiev 4 where the spool isn't very high quality. sometimes the film leader comes out of the hole in the spool.

need to be extra careful with those.