messed up cutting my film

[bukaj]

So was trimming the lead on my film and the scissors slip (really need a smaller pair) and I cut the entire lead off. I should be able to pull the film out, cut a lead and just loose a few frames, right? Can't see a reason this wouldn't work.

-jakub

 

[rxmd]

Of course.

 

[B-9]

ive done it on more than once >.<

 

[Luddite Frank]

You'll probably end-up with a "vintage" 20-exposure roll !

( That was the size of the "short roll" back in the LTM era...)

 

[nikon_sam]

Hit the "Reset" button on the film can so the first exposure will be frame #1 again...

 

[Mablo]

Curved nail scissors are a good tool for trimming the film leader.

 

[David Hughes]

During the war and for some time after people would have a little bit of film that was the cut leader and would stick it on to the next film to avoid wastage...

The reason being that silver was very, very scarce and dealers had film allocations based on their pre-war use. And a lot were then lumbered with 12" x 15" cut film that no one wanted as things had moved on.

Regards, David

 

[c.poulton]

No problem - I have a tool that retrieves film leaders from canisters when fully re-wound. It allows you to swap film out between bodies or change film mid-roll. You just have to remember how many frames you have already shot on the roll.....🙂

 

[David Hughes]

No problem - I have a tool that retrieves film leaders from canisters when fully re-wound. It allows you to swap film out between bodies or change film mid-roll. You just have to remember how many frames you have already shot on the roll.....🙂

Hi,

Swapping in the middle of a roll was one of the new features when APS came out. It works well and will run the film on to where you left off. The problem is you don't really want to use it to go from 200 ASA Kodak colour negative film to Fuji 200 ASA colour negative film very often, if at all. And nothing else is available...

Regards, David

 

[Paul Luscher]

One reason I got the ABLON (although this was many years ago, when they were much cheaper). The first time I used the iiif, I THOUGHT I had cut the film right, and ended up shooting 36 perfect frames....all on frame #1. This became evident when I had a surprisingly short rewind....

 

[rogerzilla]

Hi,

Swapping in the middle of a roll was one of the new features when APS came out. It works well and will run the film on to where you left off. The problem is you don't really want to use it to go from 200 ASA Kodak colour negative film to Fuji 200 ASA colour negative film very often, if at all. And nothing else is available...

Regards, David

Is any APS film still made? I thought it was now dead as a doornail; never trust marketing from large companies telling you they've got the next big thing.

 

[RobVinc]

Over here in Japan there some kind of APS still in the market.. mostly Fuji consumer-grade color film..

 

[Ade-oh]

Is any APS film still made? I thought it was now dead as a doornail; never trust marketing from large companies telling you they've got the next big thing.

APS was an interesting episode. One of those odd times when large corporations got together to market something for which there was no obvious demand and which offered no particular benefits to the consumers it was aimed at, other than novelties like mid-roll change and a bogus panoramic format. The disturbing thing was how the entire photographic media joined in with the hype, rather than pointing out that the Emperor had no clothes on.

 

[batterytypehah!]

^ Well, that is debatable, and consequently has been debated here before to (I find) exhaustion. Could we leave it at that?

The first time I used the iiif, I THOUGHT I had cut the film right, and ended up shooting 36 perfect frames....all on frame #1. This became evident when I had a surprisingly short rewind....

Not directly related to trimming. If you had watched the rewind knob while advancing you would have known.