Am I the only one who shot a whole roll with the lens cap on?

Last Sunday at Golden Gate Park I did a full 36 exposure roll on my Pentax K1000, only to realize when I got home that the cap never came off. The light seals were fine and the camera worked perfect, but every frame is just dark plastic. Has anyone else wasted a roll like this and actually kept the camera as a reminder, or do you just laugh and move on?

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jade8851mo ago

Wasted a whole sunrise shoot that way and kept the camera just to punish myself.

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colemartinez1mo ago

...and honestly I'm with @jade885 on this one, keeping the camera is the right call. That dark plastic roll is like a tiny monument to your own dumb mistake. I did the same thing with a roll of Tri-X back in college and I still have that camera on my shelf. Every time I pick it up I get a little reminder to double check the cap before I start shooting. It's a dumb tax, but at least you paid it and learned something, right?

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