cmacd123
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So I bought some DXN 5222 which was perloaded into cassettes.
the cassettes are made of Black Plastic and are molded in two halves split vertically with a couple of tabs holding each end together. the spool is captured by the ends.
I decided to try getting into the first one I shot and found that it took a lot of force to pry up the tabs that interlock at each end. I ended up turning out the lights and breaking the end off the cassette. (I just put the film into a re loadable cassette until I get arround to developing it.)
it looks like the opening for the film is one place the halves join, and their is a small molded ridge for the other side of the half that came off. I imagine if their is not a trick, the only way to open thse would be to stick a large screwdriver into the light trap and twist the two halves appart in the dark.
has anyone ever seen this arrangement, and if so is their any trick to open them. (I have never had any luck with the five different Leader retriever gadgets I have bought over the years, so trying to retrieve the leader and pulling the film out the light trap will not work for me. I also use the leader all the way into the cassette to tell which rolls are exposed, so even if I could leve the leader out I would not want to. (some of my cameras rewind automatically and don't want to leave the leader out))
Naturally, if their is a trick to open these and leave them usable for reloading - that would be better.
the cassettes are made of Black Plastic and are molded in two halves split vertically with a couple of tabs holding each end together. the spool is captured by the ends.
I decided to try getting into the first one I shot and found that it took a lot of force to pry up the tabs that interlock at each end. I ended up turning out the lights and breaking the end off the cassette. (I just put the film into a re loadable cassette until I get arround to developing it.)
it looks like the opening for the film is one place the halves join, and their is a small molded ridge for the other side of the half that came off. I imagine if their is not a trick, the only way to open thse would be to stick a large screwdriver into the light trap and twist the two halves appart in the dark.
has anyone ever seen this arrangement, and if so is their any trick to open them. (I have never had any luck with the five different Leader retriever gadgets I have bought over the years, so trying to retrieve the leader and pulling the film out the light trap will not work for me. I also use the leader all the way into the cassette to tell which rolls are exposed, so even if I could leve the leader out I would not want to. (some of my cameras rewind automatically and don't want to leave the leader out))
Naturally, if their is a trick to open these and leave them usable for reloading - that would be better.