canon eos 1000

[ozonepirate]

I've just picked up a canon eos1000 film camera and i need some help! I've loaded a roll of black and white film in and it pulled it all through and it starts on number 25, my 1st question is: is it supposed to do that and secondly when i turn the camera off a real of film and the number remain on the LCD display, again is this normal?

[Bandit]

yes it's normal. On that model it winds the whole film out as I recall and the counter counts down. The display will show how many shots left even when powered off :)

[ozonepirate]

What were canon thinking!! thanks bandit!

[Bandit]

What were canon thinking!! thanks bandit!

Indeed, thats what everyone at the time asked too:wacko:

[CJS]

I think the idea might be; as the shots are taken they go back in the light sealed can, so if you acidently open the back halfway through, the shoot, only the unexposed film and the last couple of shots are lost???

Why you would open the camera halfway through??? . . . I think I had a Riko that did that????

CJS

[Bandit]

I think the idea might be; as the shots are taken they go back in the light sealed can, so if you acidently open the back halfway through, the shoot, only the unexposed film and the last couple of shots are lost???

Why you would open the camera halfway through??? . . . I think I had a Riko that did that????

CJS

Yes it was the birth of the Nanny state in the camera world where people expect cameras to do everything for them. :coffee:

[Dotty.c]

a lot of canon film cams do that the 500n and 30v amonst them