[Leica] Retrieving a leader

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Jerry,

It sure does on all of my 35's.

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@san.rr.com>
>
> Geoff,
> 
> Sorry, but the "rotating film spool" does not engage the film advance 
> mechanism on any of my cameras
> only the rewind mechanism.  Now if I had a Hasselblad-Fuji Wide, it would.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
> > Jerry, translated to pedantic Engineer speak, that would be the keyed 
> > centre
> > shaft of the rotating film spool that engages the film advance mechanism.
> > Sheesh ;-)
> > Alternatively, Yama might have tried the classic approach beloved by
> > visiting alien ambassadors "Take me to your leader"
> >
> > Cheers
> > Geoff
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Retrieving a leader
> >
> > Yama,
> >
> > All very well and good, until I got to where you "twisted the little 
> > screw on the top of the--- cassette"  WHAT SCREW?  I don't
> > see any screw on any of my cassettes.  A puzzlement ! :-(
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> > Yama Nawabi wrote:
> >   
> >> 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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