Canon Elan rewinds prematurely?? Help!

I own a Canon Elan II. The problem I'm having is that sometimes the camera will rewind a new roll of film after only 2 or 3 photos are taken. Any ideas on what is causing this?

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Im having the same problem-- have you had any luck with this? If so any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Posted on Mar 03, 2010

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