Great tip! Wish I knew this before i went ahead and bought a film retriever. Had to wait for delivery when I could have just gone and shoot. Keeping this tip in case I leave it at home. Thanks!
He shows this but doesn’t say it - make sure to clamp the “retrieving” film between your fingers, or you’ll be an idiot like me and unspool and expose 10 frames of fresh film when you pull. Also, I don’t think you need nearly as much force as he shows in the video, mine just needed a little pull.
My film will absolutely not go into my wound roll. Anyone else have this not work trying to get Portra 400 out? I can’t insert my other roll at all, just will not move past the initial half inch.
AMAZING. Took me a few tries but then it worked! I completely messed up loading film into my Pentax K1000. The bad news is I thought I took pictures when I didn't (always check the take up spool is turning!), the good news is: thanks to you, I can at least use this canister now.
I'm thinking about using this technique to feed the film on the developing reel for my Paterson tank, though I wonder if this would work as it requires some force to pull out the film from the canister. Anybody tried this?
No, it doesn't require any force at all. I just did it, and it just felt like pulling the film out as if I was about to load a new canister into my camera. No resistance at all
