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January 2011

Emergency Surgery

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Yesterday afternoon I was on my way home when I took the last frame on the roll of film in my M6. When I started to rewind the film I didn’t have the release lever pushed all the way over and as I turned the rewind knob, I pulled the film off of the spindle in the film cartridge. When I got home I grabbed an empty film canister and headed to a closet. I had to get under a blanket to be sure no light was getting through, and then pull the film out to my camera and roll it so I could put it in the canister. Hopefully I managed to keep the film from being exposed and the lab can still process this roll for me. There’s some stuff from our trip to Florida for Christmas that I don’t want to lose. Read More