[Leica] Retrieving a leader

[mknawabi.lug at gmail.com (Yama Nawabi)]

Hello everyone,

A while back I was experimenting with rewinding a roll...but not 
completely (I wanted to keep the leader outside of the cassette). I 
failed, and accidently rewound the film the entire way. I think it's 
been a good month and that roll of Tri-x @ 2000 w/ 22 frames had been 
sitting on my desk until I had recently stumbled upon a genius way to 
retrieve the leader without any 15$ metal tool.

What i had done was take a piece of film that had been left over from 
when I developed another roll, licked it, sticked it inside the cassette 
as far as it could go and then I twisted the little screw on the top of 
the fully rewound cassette until it wouldnt go any further. I pulled out 
the piece of film that I had licked, and guess what had come out with 
it! The leader!

I was so excited.. this opens up the possibility of rewinding my films 
and then putting in different speed films in the middle of a roll.


I swear, learning film was one of the best things that I have done for 
myself. I had read for countless hours for months now, and the feeling 
of self-fulfilment makes me feel so happy with myself.

Anyway, I have 3 rolls coming up within the next week or so, I'll keep 
you guys posted!
:)

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Yama Nawabi
www.helloyama.com