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Alexb
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Username: Alexb
Post Number: 1
Registered: 01-2012
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 02:56 pm: | 
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Some time ago I purchased this camera and realized that one of the cassettes has film in it. I have no idea who the previous owner was since I bought it at an antique store. Does anyone know where I can get the film processed? Also, any suggestions for loading film into the cassettes? |
Kongzi
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Username: Kongzi
Post Number: 7
Registered: 04-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 03:17 pm: |
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You can load the cassettes with standard 35mm film, get yourself a dark bag and transfer some film from a standard cassette to the empty Agfa.
Example...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kongzi/5372093621/ |
Alexb
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Username: Alexb
Post Number: 2
Registered: 01-2012
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 09:08 am: |
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Thank you for the link Kongzi. Any idea on how to remove film from one of the cassettes? |
Kongzi
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Username: Kongzi
Post Number: 8
Registered: 04-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 04:25 am: |
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If the film in the original Agfa cassette has gone all the way in (usually a small amount would be left out), your local lab should be able to retrieve the leader and load it as usual. What I have done in the past is load film an Agfa cannister (using a dark bag of course!), keep the orignal it came from then re attach it to the roll when I've finished, loading it back into the original cannister, this doesnt scare the lab half as much ;) |
Msiegel
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Username: Msiegel
Post Number: 276
Registered: 03-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 04:42 am: |
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IIRC the film normally is not pushed completely into the canister at the end. The end normally had EXP punched into it so that one can see it's exposed and not new film. So I guess one would simply spool it from the cartridge on the reel of the developing tank or in a 135 cartridge if you want to have it developed commercially.
Don't give away the Rapid/Karat cassettes! You need both.
THe cassettes are coreless so to refill them film is just pushed inside where it curls.
IIRC you can use Rapid or Karat or SL (East German Karat variant) cassettes in a Karat camera. In a Rapid camera you can only use Rapid cassettes as they have a tab for film speed indication.
Processing the film that is in your camera now:
YOu might want to find somebody who manually develops films for the one loaded. If it is original film the film type should be punched into the end strip. If you spool it back into a used 135 catridge before developing make sure to cross out the bar code on the cartridge and clearly state the film type on it.
Processing of re-spooled film:
Once you use modern respooled film simply spool it back into the cartridge it came from. It has all the details needed for commercial developing on it.
Hope it helps
Martin |
Alexb
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Username: Alexb
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Registered: 01-2012
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 09:40 am: |
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Thank you both for your assistance. I will bring it to my local lab and see what they have to say. |
Alexb
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Username: Alexb
Post Number: 4
Registered: 01-2012
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 03:20 pm: |
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So I took the cassette to CVS and the film was removed from the cassette, however, I neglected to tell the young woman not to damage the Agfa cassette. She destroyed it. :0( Oh well, lesson learned. I'll have to search for one now. |
