Re: [Leica] Rewinding film in M6 outside cassette

["Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com>]

Sonny Carter wrote:
>>> Anyhow,  I had just loaded (successfully) a fresh roll of
> Velvia 36 exposure in my M6, and before I went out, I  got a
> call that I needed to shoot some color neg.  Normally, that
> would be easy; get the other camera. But my CL was off
> getting a little touch-up, so I carefully rolled the film
> back, a little too far, and into the cassette.
>
> No problem.  I've used one of those dandy little retreivers
> for many years, successfully dozens of times.  Not this
> time.  I  concluded it was the little accordian folds that
> kept it from doing the trick.<<<<<<<

Hi Sonny,

Right on my man. Those little folds will screw-up the retriever thingie
everytime, well OK 99.999999% of the time, as the film must lie flat inside
the cassette for the retriever to capture the leader tongue to pull it out.

When you put the crimps in the leader it doesn't lie flat and the puller
can't grab onto the film.  Just one of those life things that drives you
crazy when you least need any more heavy duty pressure. ;-)

Best thing? Rewind carefully if you need to save the roll, other wise just
wing it to her and rip it right back into the cassette. :-)
ted

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