j._d._mcgee Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 I would like to carry one camera on a trip I am about to leave on, and I want it to be my 3. Is it possible for me to rewind the roll currently in my Elan 7 using the custom function to leave the leader out, then take that roll and load it in the EOS 3 and take really fast exposed blanks up until where I left off? Will the alignment be right and will the results be alright? Any difference in the two frame counters of each camera and has anyone else done this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil vaughan - yorkshire u Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 Give it an extra frame or 2 to make sure, but how much have you paid for your film? with thousands of dollars worth of camera bodies do you really need to save 1/2 a roll of film for a trip?It'll still be in the EOS 3 when you get back. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_l1 Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 Yes you can. I did this many many times and actually you dont need to skip any frames. I have never got a double exposure. Trust your camera! Make sure your EOS 3 frame counter is counting up not counting down. If it's counting down, well, you can do the math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NK Guy Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 No problem. The only times you have to worry is if one camera prewinds and the other doesn't or if either camera uses mechanical sprocket hole counters. Both the Elan 7 and the EOS 3 use infrared diodes to count sprocket holes, so are pretty precise. And both cameras wind normally; neither prewinds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_zhang1 Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 You probably want to skip a frame just to be safe. I've done the similar thing between an Elan and an A2, without skipping a frame (since I thought all EOS bodies are the same in this regard), but on both rolls that I did this with, there were two exposures overlapping by half a frame. So it's safer to skip a frame when switching rolls between different models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron c sunshine coast,qld,a Posted July 4, 2003 Share Posted July 4, 2003 It may depend where the film leader is pulled to as to wether it is acurate or not,because the ir sensor can only count from the hole it starts from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff_doane Posted July 4, 2003 Share Posted July 4, 2003 Unless you've tested it, add an extra frame. When reloading film in my Elan II or EOS 5, the registration is perfect, but when reloading between the two bodies, there is a one-sprocket overlap or gap (depending on which way I go). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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