Film Rewinder Question

[Mike_E]

Hi everyone. I was replying to another thread and had brought to mind an idiosyncrasy of my Nikon 8008. I bought it used from a Pro shooter and I just assumed that he had had it fixed so that when it rewinds the film it leaves the leader out. (just a little extra so I can tell which is a used roll)

This is a Great thing in that if I want to change film types then I can just finish up the roll I took out with no problem other than remembering which exposure I was on before and to skip the next one.

My question is, is something that you can have done or just a happy fault in the camera?

thanks,

mike

 

[Big Mike]

I believe that many cameras had this as a 'custom function' or option.

Of course, if you are going to rewind a roll, mid-roll, and use it again later...it would probably be better to rewind the film all the way back into the canister (for protection) and then use a film retrieval tool to get the lead out...they are fairly cheep tools.

 

[selmerdave]

I believe that many cameras had this as a 'custom function' or option.

Of course, if you are going to rewind a roll, mid-roll, and use it again later...it would probably be better to rewind the film all the way back into the canister (for protection) and then use a film retrieval tool to get the lead out...they are fairly cheep tools.

Why would that be better?

Dave