Retrieve a Film Leader with another roll of film

UPDATE!! : I wasn't thinking too much when I said to lick the film leader.. Instead, spit on your finger and wipe the saliva on the leader.

This video will show you how to retrieve the film leader of a fully rewound cassette with one that hasn't been fully rewound.

You can see at the section where i rewind, that i switch to moving forward. This is because I have rewound the cassette before, and because of this, sometimes you have to wind forward instead of backward. After a couple tries, you will get it without a doubt!

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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• film
• leader
• retrieval
• tri-x
• photo
• photography

[Dandelion201]

Is it wrong that I actually like the taste of film? it's kinda sweet... like lead

[mknawabi]

@Dandelion201 haha don't taste too much of it.. i think you could get silver poisoning



[MichaelPrvt]

tried 3 techniques, was most skeptical about yours, yours worked...nicely done.

[mknawabi]

@MichaelPrvt glad it worked for you, what else did you use?

[1ABCNZABC1]

will it just be double exposed if I already have photos on the film?

[mknawabi]

@1ABCNZABC1 if you pull out the leader and place the film in your camera exactly the same way (use the same start position) then yes, you can get double exposures. be careful with the amount of light though!

[rorrt]

@1ABCNZABC1

If you like double exposures, an old trick that i havent heard from anyone before.

Is, if you simple hold the winder on the film. So you continue winding the film, it just scratches over the sprocket holes.

[MajorAddiction]

got it on my 2nd attempt. woohoo

[bulletz4life]

@bulletz4life ok so i got one of my 3 film leaders back, in one try, im still having trouble with two cans. For some reason the leader just doesnt stick. Idk my hands hurt. fuck it

[bulletz4life]

ive been trying this shit for so long that my fingers hurt already from trying to turn the damn wheel. its not working

[RoundTheBendFilms]

Dang man this is really cool. It took me a couple tries an I was going to give up, tried once more and it worked!!! My jaw was to the floor! You sir saved me some Kodak Portra (I used one of my cheap test films so it wasn't damaging to any good film)

[samc1987]

got it on the 3ed, attempt saved me a roll of 36 Slide Film, Thanks!



[NewYorkDontLoveMe]

when you retreive the film , how do you know if that film has actually been used ? can you see pictures on the roll when you pull it out?

[DetrasDeUnaLente]

This works! Thanks to you I could save 10 frames of Ilford HP5+! Yay! :)

[dancewithknives]

Deadly shtuff.



[CummingsGeorge]

nevermind, THANKS ^_^