Film leader retrieval

[click]

Hi Tom,

Somewhere along the way I saw a youtube video of you loading your Leica and I bend the leader 90 degrees just as you do. Will a film retriever (or some DIY method) work with a bent leader?

As I'm doing more color work these days it's becoming absolutely necessary to change films often and I don't want to waste film.

I prefer to bend the leader as it takes on the spool much easier.

Thank you,

Click

 

[rizraz]

Hi Click,

I do the same thing, no problem when using the film retriever......

 

[click]

Thanks for the information!

 

[menos]

Is there a house hold trick, to retrieve film?

I never even saw a film retriever, but I do rewind all film cassettes with leader out on the Leicas.
I don't fold my film leaders - never needed - I feel and if in a quiet room, hear the moment, the leader leaves the take up spool.
I then continue, to turn the rewind crank about 3/4 turns to one turn further and pull the canister out without opening the backdoor (if the leader is still 25mm out, the crinkle from the take up spool makes pulling the film fiddly, catching in the camera).

It is just this occasional sometimes, when I am distracted or slip :-(

 

[P.KC]

just wind it all the way back and use a bottle-opener to break the canister open from the bottom.

 

[menos]

just wind it all the way back and use a bottle-opener to break the canister open from the bottom.

When developing myself, I use a changing bag, to load the reels.
This is too fiddly then ;-)

I like, to batch load them into tanks after having trimmed the leader for easy loading in the dark.

No no household trick like "take two eggs, 100gr of sugar, … and …" ?

 

[rbsinto]

I use a length of Dymo label tape to pull lost leaders out of film cassettes.
I've also heard that wetting a piece of film with spit and inserting it into the cassette will "stick" it to the leader allowing one to pull it out.
Can't vouch for the latter, but I've used the Dymo trick for over thirty years and it has never failed me.

 

[menos]

I use a length of Dymo label tape to pull lost leaders out of film cassettes.
I've also heard that wetting a piece of film with spit and inserting it into the cassette will "stick" it to the leader allowing one to pull it out.
Can't vouch for the latter, but I've used the Dymo trick for over thirty years and it has never failed me.

That is exactly, what I mean 😀
Thanks - nice tip!