Pulling the film through the light tight felt again invites the possibility
of scratches. Carry a medium size pair of wire cutters into the darkroom.
In the dark it is very easy to grip the edge of the cassette with the
pliers. Then just pull the end cap off.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Garth Wood" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 10:02 AM
Subject: RE: [OM] Doing your own B&W
> At 11:40 AM 13/12/2002 +0000, Alan Wood wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >For developing a film, you also need:
> >
> >gadget to get the end off the cassette
>
> A better way to do that, IMNSHO, is to rewind the film such that the
> "tongue" is still sticking out when you open the film back. Cut the film
> tongue off, leaving a blunt, square edge. Put two small snips through the
> film at 45 degree angles to the edges. Your film edge coming out of the
> canister should look like this:
>
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