Best way to advance a film?

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I had one of my cameras implode halfway through a 36 frame roll. I rewound it to take it out, what is the best way to wind it back to its position?

Leave the lens cap on and take photos back to the position?
 
Yep and put it on the fastest shutter speed and smallest aperture.
 
Best to go a couple of frames further than what you've exposed though, different cameras count frames a bit differently and all, and it's never going to be loaded exactly the same.
 
Lens cap, fastest shutter speed, smallest aperture, cover the viewfinder hole, few frames ahead. That covers it :thumbs:
 
freecom2 said:
Lens cap, fastest shutter speed, smallest aperture, cover the viewfinder hole, few frames ahead. That covers it :thumbs:
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Spot on as I regularly change films to different cameras to give all my cameras a work out and stops me getting bored with just using one camera. :thumbs:
 
Cheers guys! I went to do this earlier, and realised in my drunken moment of genius, I, errrrr, may have rewound all the way.

b****r.
 
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HAH, I've done that a few times! Try whistling Vivaldi to charm it back out ;)
 
Buy a film leader retrieval tool. I have one and it's invaluable.

http://www.ag-photographic.co.uk/kaiser-film-retrieval-tool-1509-p.asp

My camera bag always has this in it and a CD Pen. That way I can just make a note of the shot number, wind the film back, write the count on the cannister with a date and later when you get a moment you can just extract the film leader so you can reload it.

Makes swapping films far simpler.

Then just load it back in as normal (I'm pretty consistent in how I load so one extra shot tends to be plenty to avoid a double exposure on the last shot). As others have said, lens cap on, smallest aperture, fastest shutter speed, hand over the eyepiece and just start snapping until the count is +1 to where it was before.
 
JCoquillon said:
Buy a film leader retrieval tool. I have one and it's invaluable.
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I use a strip of blank negatives; dampen the end, insert into film canister, wind film backwards a turn or two and pull sharply. Works better for me than a retreiver tool as I can never get them to grip the film.
 
I've used the neg strip method twice, it's always a pain - both times i've ended up having to resort to cutting a square out of it and using tape. But it works.
 
JCoquillon said:
I find the tool easy to use.

Insert the end until the device is flush to the cannister

Turn the reel slowly counter-clockwise until you hear an audible click

Slide the 2nd part in to catch the header

Withdraw the whole thing.

Works first time every time for me.
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Erm being a bit deaf doesn't help :lol: I bought a Jessops one off the bay cheap and it works esp when I've got my hearing aid in. ;)
 
Have you a minilab nearby? Or a supermarket that does in house processing? They should have a big proper industrial end retriever.

Minilab near me does, they drop the film in press a button and the end comes out, have asked them to do it for me a few times and they are always happy to oblige.
 
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