Can't load film!

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My Canon T70 is an autoload 35 mm film camera. The normal operation is to let the film advance one frame (or more) until it reaches the end of the roll. I interupted the sequence by removing a roll that only had 8 exposures on it, so naturally it didn't go into auto-rewind. Normally, when you place a new roll in the "quickload" camera, turn on the off-on switch and it would advance four frames and stop on No. 1. But now it only starts, I can hear it try but will lock up before it even loads one frame. I changed batteries, turned the film sprockets with my fingers but the film won't advance. An auto-advance camera is kind of useless unless it advances, no other way to advance film.

[blumesan]

Never owned a Canon, so I am no authority. However suggest the following: Remove batteries and allow an hour or so (for any charge on capacitors to discharge) then reinstall batteries, and pray.

Cheers/Mike

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Originally Posted by blumesan

Never owned a Canon, so I am no authority. However suggest the following: Remove batteries and allow an hour or so (for any charge on capacitors to discharge) then reinstall batteries, and pray.

Cheers/Mike

Mike,
Indirectly you were right but for a diff. reason. I have always used Nimh batts in the Canon and they showed full charge in the menu screen. Just out of frustration, I threw in a new set of alkalines and it took off like "Jack the Bear". Now it's working like "sox on a rooster".

Thanks
Bill