P3D RE: Realist Speed Winding

[Marcus Warrington <marcusw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Bennett wrote ;

>Being a new realist user, I'm wondering if I'm the only one who does this
>and if there's a clever sollution.
>What happens is that I'm shooting a sequence in an intense atmosphere
>somewhere and I forget whether I've wound the film/shutter or not. Rather
>than risk a double exposure, I wind another frame and cock the shutter.
>Any suggestions?

I assume your Realist is an early model without double exposure prevention..

There should be a small round hole on the top of your Realist (left-hand side), 
that is flagged red after taking a shot and reset by the act of winding on. On
some Realist this does not appear to work but its a fairly simple mechanism that
shouldn't be difficult to repair if it ain't working. The best solution is really just to get
into a routine.. for example, I always wind on immediately after taking a shot,
and cock the shutter immediately before taking the next shot.

>Also if the film advanced is broken in some way is it possible that it's
>skipping entire pairs of frames?

All thing are possible... but I think this one is very improbable. :)

Marcus ?8^p mailto:marcusw@xxxxxxxxx
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