[PRCo] Re: Film tricks

[Fred W. Schneider III]

You primitive being.  I'm not so lucky.  The motorized rewind on my
Nikon simply winds it back into the cassette.  

Bob Rathke wrote:
> 
> I don't usually perform the tight-wound-take-up trick, but when I think of
> it, I try to watch the rewind knob to be sure it's turning.  However, I
> sometimes switch film among cameras, especially if it's a 36-exposure roll
> of special film with only a few exposures on it, and I need to put a
> different roll of film in that camera.  I note the exposure number on the
> counter, then rewind the film until I hear the leader slip off the take-up
> reel; when I reload that roll later, I advance it to the exposure number
> where it was last exposed, and then give it 2-3 extra advances to be safe
> (this is all done in a dark area, lens cap on, and shutter set at 1/1000
> second).  However, if the roll of film is near the end of the reel, I'll
> simply rewind it, forget about the lost exposures, and get it processed.
> 
> For most B&W exposures, unaided I can't differentiate among similar
> negatives of the same view, so I use an 8X loupe for that chore.
> 
> Bob 10/18/01
> 
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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Holland" <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 3:52 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 3-car fantrip from Pittsburgh to PRMA Washington
> 
> >
> > Good Morning!!
> >
> > > Bob Rathke wrote:
> >
> > > When I snap extra B&W shots, for each "extra" view I always take a step
> > > right or left by a about a foot.  Later, this trick makes it easy to
> match
> > > each negative with the appropriate print.  It's surprising how such a
> slight
> > > lateral movement of the camera will produce great differences in the
> > > apparent position of background objects (e.g., telephone poles) near the
> > > main subject.
> >
> > Interesting system, Bob  --  but even looking at such a small negative
> > for these details can be baffling to the  Old--Eyes!   I try to number
> > the photos as soon as they return to match the negative numbers, using
> > *both*  numbers in the correct sequence, i.e.::::
> >
> > 1)--  4, 4A  or.......
> > 2)--  4A, 5
> > 3)--  0, 1  etc.,  etc.,  etc!!
> >
> > Depends on how well the film is wound to begin with.
> >
> > When purchasing the prepaid mailers from Kodak, I would wind the film
> > tight in a dark place, immediately close the camera, advance once and
> > shoot with lense cap on and then try to rewind the film without
> > releasing the take--up spool  --  this way I could tell if the film was
> > tight on the take--up spool.   (I once thought I had completed a roll of
> > film and rewound it to find that it had never caught on the take-up
> > spool  --  rewound within 1-2 turns!   Lessons in the  School--of--Life
> > are easily remembered!)   AND  I would get 2- or 3-extra
> > slides//photos  per roll for the price of the prepaid 36!!
> >