An issue I had when shooting a roll through my Fuji GF670

[Kona]

On a recent trip, I shot a roll through my new Fuji GF670 rangefinder. Near the end of the roll, I realized that the camera's light meter wasn't working because the internal lithium battery had died. I hadn't noticed the dead battery because I was manually setting exposure by guessing and checking with a hand held light meter. I then remembered that this camera was an electronically controlled shutter. I finished advancing the film on to the take-up spool and confirmed that when I tripped the shutter, with the back door open, the iris was not opening. I just shot a roll of blank photos!.

My question: Is there a way I can transfer this blank roll of Delta 100 back on to another spool so I can use it again and actually expose it? 😉

Thanks for your help.

 

[imush]

You could in theory roll it back on to a spool carefully and start over. However, it probably won't be perfect and you'll have a fat roll, exposing the edges to light, so I would load it right back into the camera at the same time in the dark.

That is, assuming your roll is indeed blank. I am not sure that it is guaranteed to be so. The battery does not die instantly, and the meter might have stopped working before the shutter.

 

[Doug]

I have this recollection of long ago facing the same problem, and not wanting to simply waste the roll. I went into the darkroom and just ran the film through the camera backwards. Careful to get the free/loose end of film onto the spool with the paper... The problem with this is the film is taped to the leader end, not the trailing end, so there's a high chance of it not rolling up just right. I might have just been very very lucky it worked out ok that time. But if the paper and film don't sych just right when you're done, I think you could unroll it until you can detach the tape, then manually roll the leader back around tightly, and this should reattach the tape in a compatible spot.