Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Totally sympathise, Peter. I have done the same several times after putting the M3 away for a few weeks. It's impossible to sayhow much will go. There are several factors, but when I did it a while back (like you I thought the camera was empty) I decided to get the film processed. Only about five frames were totally ruined. I was extremely lucky. You won't know how much damage has been done until you develop it. When you decide to do that is up to you. Personally I would rewind it and dev it now, but it's your call. Peter On 26/09/2025 07:09, Peter Cheyne via LUG wrote: > Hi LUGers, > > Opened up my M3 thinking there was no film in it. Wrong! It is at frame > number 13. I took the bottom fully off but did not open the gate. It was > indoors under medium LED ceiling lighting for a few seconds. > > Roughly how many frames will be ruined? Would you keep using it? > > Dunno what's on the earlier frames, likely nice family photos from 3 years > ago or so. > > All best, > > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Dr. Peter Dzwig