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Message: <blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 114308" data-attributes="member: 12827">I had the oddest thing happen to me about 5 years ago which is in some ways similar to this. I was down at the beach with my F2/MD-2/MB-1 doing some early morning black and white sunrise stuff. The camera was on a tripod, a 30 year old Slik U212, which is not a particularly steady tripod but is usually sufficient for field work in 35mm and 2 1/4. I have fairly low blood pressure, always have. I was squatting down for a little while and stood up too quickly. I felt a little light headed but figured it would pass.........it didn't. I fainted and on the way down, knocked over the tripod and camera. It hit the sand and the impact pressed and jammed the shutter release button on the motor! I came to almost immediately but was still a little groggy and watched helplessly as the motor wound that film at 5 fps until it ran out. I had hand loaded 40 exposures into the reloadable cassette and was about halfway through the roll when this calamity befell me. I picked up the camera, brushed off the sand and unstuck the shutter button. I turned the rewind button and to my dismay it rotated freely. CRAP! The motor had ripped the film off the spool and wound it all onto the take up spool! I did not have a film changing bag with me so that camera was dead in the water until I could get home and remove the film in the darkroom. Fortunately I had another F2 in the bag and more film loaded so I finished up and went home.</blockquote>

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