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Old 14th November 2016, 08:08 AM
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Well, I've never bothered with opening the cassettes. I either leave the leader sticking out or if the camera auto-rewinds retrieve it using a film leader retrieval tool (10 seconds). I spool the film onto the reel with the cassette dangling down to add a counterweight (handy!). At the end I just tear the film off at the cassette's lip
Exactly what I do.


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Leave the leader sticking out and don't bother opening it.


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This is good advice and if you don't manage to do this, use a leader extractor, as it allows you to load the first few inches of film (that fogged when you loaded the camera) into the spiral in daylight, thus making the process of loading the spiral much easier when in total darkness.
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I use a leader extractor anyway, as it lets me shape the film to present it to the spiral easily. Once in the dark, I open the cassette with a pointy beer can punch. It works OK. If you detach the film from the spool, you get a bit more of the tail and don't risk spoiling your very last exposed frame.
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