i made a video on how to retrieve film leaders with no tools

[mknawabi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRT_9OQy6VA

if you guys could lemme know if there is anything i can fix in the video (i dont mind re-recording it in order to help some people) that would be great!

hope this can help some people out

 

[raid]

Now that's a great video ! Thanks.
May I somehow place saliva on the film without actually licking it or would this ruin the entire film retrieving procedure?

 

[dmr]

Well, that's what I tried back when I accidentally wound one too far. It didn't work. Maybe I'm not sticky enough?

Actually, I did not pull it quickly. I tried to kind of coax it out, but I could tell that the leader was rolling up inside the cartridge.

 

[mknawabi]

you might have to push the film in further, and then try winding the knob forward, rather than rewinding. you will feel tension

 

[mknawabi]

Now that's a great video ! Thanks.
May I somehow place saliva on the film without actually licking it or would this ruin the entire film retrieving procedure?

I'm going to try this with water and a napkin, as my girlfriend had suggested. Maybe she doesn't want to be kissing film lips

 

[Arvay]

tried right now.
1. Film is not tasty. That's why I spit on it and smeared with finger.
2. I rewound the retreiving cassette before insertion
3. I posed the cassettes in the same position with the spools' "noses" up to make films contact each other with emulsions. The grip in this way is tighter between emulsions.

Thanks for the idea!

 

[pmu]

Excellent, this worked! This made life just a little bit easier than before...

 

[eef]

Where do I spit on my SD card?

 

[januaryman]

Wish I'd have known about this years ago! Thanks.

 

[goo0h]

That's pretty clever. WRT the SD card, you spit on the pins I suppose.

 

[nevin]

Just wondering if I had orange juice just before I lick the film....humm.... :-D