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1. Set the custom function that leaves the film leader out of the

cartridge (don't know right now, I set mine and forgot all about it.

It's easy to pull in the leader on a full roll).

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2. Deciding to change a roll, you note the number of exposures already

made. Write it down somewhere.

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3. Hit the film rewind button.

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4. Take film out of the camera. I use a waterproof pen to write the

number of exposures right on the roll. Keep it out of the DX fields.

Put roll into its can, mark can clearly as "partly exposed". I keep

those rolls far, far away from the fresh film.

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(Shoot other roll.)

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5. Take partly-exposed film, memorize number on roll, put into camera.

Put camera body cap on body or make sure lens cap is on tight. Set

camera on max f stop (32 or whatever), shortest time (1/4000) and keep

clicking until the number of exposures already on the film is through.

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Yes, I add one for safety. I'm always amazed how well this works.

Take that, APS!

Being from Germany, on a one-year stay in the U.S. of A., and having

purchased my EOS50e in Germany and my EF 200/2.8L in Canada, I

recently queried Canon Germany about warranty. They told me that

Canon offers a one-year, worldwide warranty - if you have the "World

Wide" or "international" warranty card. I suspect that all this fuss

about "US warranty" is just a big marketing ploy. They probably don't

give you the "International" warranty card if you buy a "US" product,

do they? I guess that if you are traveling extensively -

internationally, that is - you are probably better off with an

international warranty, because that'll be honoured all over the

world.

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Manufacturing-wise? I think it simply doesn't make business sense to

set up different manufacturing lines for different markets for photo

lenses. Sure, it would be relatively easy to have quality control

sort them into multiple buckets, but why bother? They can sell them

for whatever the market bears in different places even without

differences in quality.