so...last time i shot my ae-1 was last spring. well, not like 2011, but like 2010 (yeah THAT last spring). went on a day trip with her, got annoyed with the bag, almost shot through the roll of film and went home. i finished the roll at my cabin, a couple months later, rewound the film and popped the back open. as it turned out, nope, it didn't rewind correctly. i freaked, remembering all i didn't want to lose, and i tried to rewind it again. well, that didn't work either. so, i pretty much had to say goodbye to that roll, after exposing it several times to the light. i didn't cry or anything but i felt like it for a minute, or ten. anyway, a long time later, like summer of 2011 later, i'm gonna give her another try. i think i'm ready? i guess the pissed off, of that lost roll, finally faded? well, it didn't really, i'm just finally ready to give it another shot. (ha.ha. get it? i know. i know. shut it.) in her bag, i found that old roll and i'm finally ready to attempt to develop it, just in case anything survived. i didn't want to before because of knowing it probably didn't. (i'm weird like that...) well, i'm not for sure i'm ready to see it all gone, but i think the naive hope that something survived is what's driving me this time. i mean, i wasn't in direct sunlight when it the film got exposed...so maybe...?
i think i got her button fixed now, too. the last time she got used was 20, or so, years ago; so yeah, the rewind button on the bottom was gunky and mostly just needed cleaning. i shoulda looked at that in the first place, but i was more concerned with the shutter, lenses and film advancement...
((sigh))
so yes. this time, we're gonna have another go at it. i think i need another day trip with her though. film and the open road has a really wonderful, inspirational feel. maybe a fall trip though this time...?
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