I've always done it this way and have never lost a frame.
In room light, gently bend up light trap. Using loupe, look into opening
and slowly turn film spool until tip of film shows. Grab with tweezers and
pull out. Bend light trap back.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Two questions
>
> On Tuesday, November 18, 2003, at 07:36 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:
>
> > Is there another way, some ingenious trick, to get the leader back
> > out?
>
> Yeah. Just ask the guy behind the camera counter if he will do it. My
> little local camera store has done it twice for me when I pushed the
> rewind button wrong on my little Contax T3 and it rewound all the way.
> It is a little free service camera stores have done for years.
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California
> USA
>
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