I have a Matin picker, it laster about 20 rolls. I’m in search of someting better and looking for suggestions? They all seem pretty much the same.
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Why are you all using extractors? Pulling out a leader is for using with a minilab. I just pop open the cassette, easy. A beer bottle opener will work. Heck I used to just pry it open with my thumb.
You omit an important benefit: an extended leader makes it easier to reload a partially exposed roll of film — certainly common in my case. It's when you accidentally rewind the entire film of a partially exposed cassette that an extractor is a useful fallback.
I would rather not commit my shiny Prodotto Campagnolo bottle opener to such trivial use as cracking open a cassette!
Why are you all using extractors? Pulling out a leader is for using with a minilab. I just pop open the cassette, easy. A beer bottle opener will work. Heck I used to just pry it open with my thumb.
A lot of people are re-using cassettes. And there is a real shortage now of quality re-usable cassettes.
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You omit an important benefit: an extended leader makes it easier to reload a partially exposed roll of film — certainly common in my case. It's when you accidentally rewind the entire film of a partially exposed cassette that an extractor is a useful fallback.
I would rather not commit my shiny Prodotto Campagnolo bottle opener to such trivial use as cracking open a cassette!
Me neither. I use a $5 generic bottle opener. It's lasted about a decade in film-opening service after a commendable lifetime as an actual bottle opener, and doesn't show any signs of wear at present. I'm pretty sure it'll outlive the age of film. How you might manage to damage a sturdy bottle opener on a $0.10 0.5mm plate steel cassette is beyond me; I guess some people are just really, really ingenious like that.I would rather not commit my shiny Prodotto Campagnolo bottle opener to such trivial use as cracking open a cassette!
Honestly, I've used a simple bottle opener on hundreds of rolls, without ever damaging the film or opener...
I usually pop off the bottom of a 35mm film canister, so opposite where the rewind sticks out, then pry open the remaing canister from where the felt opening is, before letting the film slide out.
Never gives me problems with no brand I ever used (Kodak, Ilford, Fuji, Adox).
I have a Matin picker, it laster about 20 rolls. I’m in search of someting better and looking for suggestions? They all seem pretty much the same.
You don't fully explain your situation, and as pointed out by others -- it depends.
It depends on if the film is exposed or unexposed, and it depends on if the cassette is re-loadable or not.
If the cassette is reloadable, just pop it open in the dark.
If the cassette is not reloadable, and the film is exposed, use a beer bottle opener.
If the cassette is not reloadable, and the film is NOT exposed, use a simple retractor. Mine has lasted for over 20 years -- not 20 rolls. Or try some of the other ideas listed above. Another option is to use a beer bottle opener and put the film in a reloadable cassette.
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Well I always carry one when I am climbíng the Alps in "Le Tour". If it got Fausto Coppi two wins in '49 and '52 then it's good enough for meOr was this really about letting us all know you own a genuine Campagnolo opener - the one that shares heritage with famous Italian bicycles and breathes an aura of Italian design and craftsmanship, which surely must carry over in the taste of the wine?
I'm very puzzled by this thread. My Ilford extractor, which I've had for at least 15 years, has never failed me. I probably need to use it five or six times a year. It works on the same principle as the one in foc's video and is still as good as new. It came with spare "blades", which have never been needed. I really don't see how something like that could "just break", though I could see one wearing out in a busy lab.
You omit an important benefit: an extended leader makes it easier to reload a partially exposed roll of film — certainly common in my case. It's when you accidentally rewind the entire film of a partially exposed cassette that an extractor is a useful fallback.
I would rather not commit my shiny Prodotto Campagnolo bottle opener to such trivial use as cracking open a cassette!
You omit an important benefit: an extended leader makes it easier to reload a partially exposed roll of film — certainly common in my case. It's when you accidentally rewind the entire film of a partially exposed cassette that an extractor is a useful fallback.
I would rather not commit my shiny Prodotto Campagnolo bottle opener to such trivial use as cracking open a cassette!
I have a couple of film puller like yours. They work but I have to do several tries to get it.
They do require being used correctly. One major point is that the film's tongue is on one side, and if you try to grab the film in the middle or the wrong side, it won't work.
one trick, I heard about but never tried because my camera stops rewinding just short of pulling the film into the can was to take a short strip of unexposed film, lick one side of the emulsion side, and feed it into the canister. The moistened emulsion will stick to the film tab inside and one can pull out the film. Again, I've never tried it and don't know how healthy that emulsion lick is over time, but it may work in a pinch.
Sometimes I want to change film but there are quite a few exposures left in the camera. So I rewind the cassette. Sometimes I rewind it too much and the leader gets swallowed up. An extractor comes in handy.Why are you all using extractors? Pulling out a leader is for using with a minilab. I just pop open the cassette, easy. A beer bottle opener will work. Heck I used to just pry it open with my thumb.
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