Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The ONLY film I have EVER double exposed was film, on which, I left the leader out. Sometimes I remove a roll from the camera mid roll and mark the leader with the frame number so I can reload it and continue later. I even double exposed one of those because I forgot to look at the underside of the leader. NEVER AGAIN! When I need to remove a roll before it is finished... I do. I wind it all the way in. I process it. It is not economical to try and save a half roll. Even 9/10 of a roll. When loading your camera in a hurried situation, you can indeed load the wrong roll. Wind those leaders in. Use a can opener to open the cassette. Don't pass the film through the felt(?) more than necessary. Dirty felt makes scratchy film. NO UV Jim >Austin Franklin wrote: >> >> > The trick to the Jobo reels is in cutting the end of the film... you want >> > a straight cut and then trim off the two corners at 45 degree angles about >> > 1/8" in from the side.... hopefully catch the right spot where >> > you don't end >> > up going through an actual sprocket hole. >> >> That's why I have started leaving my leaders out, and it makes the trimming >> job so much easier to miss the sprocket holes. >> >><Snip> > At 11:30 AM 2/23/01 -0800, Mark Rabiner wrote: >I pop then open with a can opener. Why? >One more trip through the felt which has been in my pocket so there could be >grit in it. > >A chance for mistake. Running the same roll through twice. >I made that mistake. Two VERY important rolls both superimposed over the >same film. > >Nudes of my prettiest college girlfriend who had broken up with me... >superimposed over the Dean sitting behind his desk. > >NEVER AGAIN!!! > >markrabiner