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The people from the labs are our friends, but we all like to doubles, whether made with us or with someone halfway across the world, but what to do when the film gets inside the canister.
Of course we can buy a film puller, or we can go to a lab (the people from the labs are our friends) but what if the lab is close? Only need double sided tape, scissors and a little film.
Cut a strip of film(from an old roll of film)
Place a piece of double sided sticky tape on one side of the film strip
Carefully insert the end where the double sided tape isinto the canister , note the side where the tape is has to be facing down in order for it to attract the film leader.
Wind the roll of film so that the film strip goes into the canister,leave about 20mm outside .
Now gently pull out the strip of film,the film leader should follow it out. If it doesn’t try again, it works most of the time .
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Very timely here. I have several rolls that I needed to rescue. Great tip, as well as the "wet the film" trick. I'll have to try both to see which one works best for me. :o)
This is clever, thanks for the tip! Sometimes I get two shots in and decide I want to change films but I fear rewinding the film will get it lost in the container. Now I can do it.. and when I reload the film into another camera or the same one later just shoot the first two shots with the lens cap on preserving them :)
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45 comments
maxwellmaxen
or just wet the strip of film you are pulling in!
damaris
oh!! This happened to me last week and I have a "halfexposed" film, inside the canister... THANKS!!
damaris
oh!! This happened to me last week and I have a "halfexposed" film, inside the canister... THANKS!!
ydpsh
I found this works better than wetting the film strip :D
angelwulf
I licked the end of the film strip and it worked first time yay :-)
johnccc
Nice tipster !
mandecster
thanks!!this is really help..=)
strangelilgirl
Will definitely remember this!
analogmonolog
it helps. thanks :)
mafiosa
Thank you. Great advice.
mystikmonk
nice tip!! :)
andrea_gail
excellent. No need to buy a tool!
yyyhorn
smrt!
mr-korn
Just lick the end of the film strip, Umm....Yummy :^P
strummy
I tried the wet film trick and it worked really well. No tape necessary.
babybath
Oh thank you. I tried this once a few years back and have forgotten how to do it.
falsedigital
OMG, so simple, yet so effective. Worked perfectly!
sixty
nice!!
dogma
Great idea! Thanks!
dogma
Ha ha :) just did it for one of my roll :) This trick works very well!
vici
Thank you!
polka-dot
danke! great tip
rhemaangel
Very timely here. I have several rolls that I needed to rescue. Great tip, as well as the "wet the film" trick. I'll have to try both to see which one works best for me. :o)
verenaxm
haha. i just tried it and it worked. but i wet the film because i don't have double sided tape
lomographyembassyspain
Muy buen idea!!! Felicidades al creador!!!
isoterica
This is clever, thanks for the tip! Sometimes I get two shots in and decide I want to change films but I fear rewinding the film will get it lost in the container. Now I can do it.. and when I reload the film into another camera or the same one later just shoot the first two shots with the lens cap on preserving them :)
bongofury
Thanks to all . I´m glad to be usefull.
I must say i also lick the film and it taste real fine :)
grazie
thanks for this! I have two films in need of this ;)
aprilrich427
yay thank you! I just did this but didnt have tape so i licked the negative strip and it worked :)
qlamerand
I had to try this tipster yesterday and it worked. Thanks !
zulupt
Awesome tipster, really helpful!!!
chrystani
weidong
Great Article
!
stouf
Nice ! (http://www.lomograph(…)m-retriever)
feelux
Niiiice! Very useful! I can now rescue my Elitechrome.
redtulip
It worked! :D THANKSSSSSSSSS
hilarion
water works, too. but thanks a lot!! really helped me.
kwakken
very helpful! :)
nanyeah
great help!
ngjinglingfiona
couldnt get it for the first few tries, but its worked in the end! Great tip (:
flashstalker
Great!
tectum
:) even easier : http://youtu.be/0OZ3IWN1bLU
bongofury
@tectum , realy easier ,thanks
danbarry
This just saved an unused / recycled film
c5gebj2
Great tipster. Saved me some time with the changing bag.