Resetting the Fillm Status Indicator

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:37:30 GMT, Valder <fvt2112 DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote:

  >>Hello!
  >>I have got a problem...
  >>The lab gave me back five rolls, but the Film Status Indicator is not
  >>set correctly, so I would like to know how is it possible to correct
  >>it

 >Yeah I had that happen on two rolls at the same time...not sure if the
 >cans were bum cans or operator error. Neither would advance the film
 >in my Scan Elite II so I just took them to WalMart and they put the
 >film into a new generic can. (I had them processed at Ritz....Yuck)

Well, the nearest WalMart is on the other size of the Atlantic Pond,
so I had to improvise...

If you use a SMALL screwdriver to turn the lock on the film exit port,
then by turning the roll axis the Film Status Indicator can be set
correctly (or at least I hope so, tomorrow I will try it in the
CoolScan...)

I'm not sure if I have understood what I have written...

I'll let you know if that worked...<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:31:48 GMT, mc4187 RemoveThis @maps.mclink.it wrote:


 >Well, the nearest WalMart is on the other size of the Atlantic Pond,
 >so I had to improvise...

I could see how that would be a problem.


 >
 >If you use a SMALL screwdriver to turn the lock on the film exit port,
 >then by turning the roll axis the Film Status Indicator can be set
 >correctly (or at least I hope so, tomorrow I will try it in the
 >CoolScan...)

Good luck! I tried that with the cans I had trouble with and it was a
no go. A local film lab by you should have spare cannisters if it does
not work out for you.


Valder<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:55:10 GMT, Valder <fvt2112.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote:


  >>If you use a SMALL screwdriver to turn the lock on the film exit port,
  >>then by turning the roll axis the Film Status Indicator can be set
  >>correctly (or at least I hope so, tomorrow I will try it in the
  >>CoolScan...)
 >Good luck! I tried that with the cans I had trouble with and it was a
 >no go. A local film lab by you should have spare cannisters if it does
 >not work out for you.

Seems to be a-workin', probably, by opening the shutter in the film
port it unlocks the rest of the roll, allowing to change the setting
of the Film Status Indicator...<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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