Double exposures

[HuubL]

Developed another three films yesterday. One roll was exposed twice. That seems to happen more often recently.... Or, developing an empty film. Crease the slip after rewinding. I know, I usually do that.... 😱
Anybody has similar experiences?

 

[Thardy]

I wind the leader all the way in for exposed rolls. Prevents me from using the roll again.

 

[telemetre]

I used to come close to doing this a lot. After spending hours looking for usage marks on the films, I now fold the film leader back, mark the cassette with a pen, and always carry exposed and unexposed films seperately, saves a lot of time...

 

[jke]

Wind the film leader all the way in. Leader out is convenient, but I just don't trust my memory basically. There are quite a few nice leader extractors out there if you are loading reels in a dark bag. If you're in a darkroom, then you can just crack the cassette with a bottle opener.

 

[MartinP]

I'm sure everyone has made that mistake at some point, hopefully not often !

If you always cut a shaped leader, or use commercially loaded film, then simply ripping off the shaped part of the leader will indicate that it is used. If there is any exposure info (push/pull, flat light, contrasty etc etc) then you can write a small note on the tongue of film sticking out of the cassette.

For a quicker reload, by avoiding going through the five used rolls before getting to the unused one, it is also a good idea to keep the rolls/cassettes separately anyway, but the more chances one gets to correctly identify which roll is which, the better....

 

[drewbarb]

I put a piece of white tape on the base of my camera onto which I scribble notes with a sharpie about film stock loaded, EI used, date, etc. When I finish a roll, this gets wrapped around the film cassette for reference at processing and archiving. With the tape on, it's pretty tough to mistake it for a fresh roll. If I'm only shooting a partial roll, once downloaded, I write a note about the EI used and frame number on the leader itself- that way I can't miss it when re-loading the roll later. Both of these tricks keep me from double exposing shot film.

 

[Roberto]

I cut the shaped part of the leader.. like MartinP

 

[Ronald M]

tear off the single perforation end or use my Swiss Army Knife.

With digital, it turn the cards face down in the wallet. Unused cards are face up.

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