Extracting the Film Leader

As some of you may already know, Jason and I just ventured back into film. And after such a long long hiatus from film, and to cut the story short, I accidentally rewound the film all the way into the canister, including the film leader :S



I did not want to waste a perfectly good and unused roll of film. But to use it again, I would need to get the film leader out for me to reload it again. So .. how?

First, you use an old negative film strip, or.. in my case, I do not have any old film strip with me, so I use one of those transparent covers which we use as the coverpage when binding documents. I cut out a strip roughly the size of a film negative, stuck on double sided tape on it and carefully insert it into the ‘mouth’ of the canister.



(sorry for the blurry photo… a bit excited hahaha..)

Then you twist the “film canister handle” anti-clockwise until the film inside the canister catches the double-sided tape. You continue twisting until you get a good amount of grip and the transparent sheet and tape starts to go into the canister. Then than all you have to do is to carefully pull out the transparent sheet and…



… TAAA DAAA!!!! Out comes the film leader… all set to be reloaded into the camera.

It’s quite easy… a lot easier than I thought it would be. So dun go wasting that accidentally rewound film :)

Will update blog on some film photos soon.

Something from this morning…

I think this is the first time we had some ‘behind the scenes’ photos during an actual day wedding. Most of the time we are too engross with the couple. This time around, I had a little time to sneak a shot.

A Little Taste of Penang

So here’s something exciting which you guys should come along. The Ryokan Chic Hostel @ Penang is hosting a Stay and Shoot Photography contest this month end. What is it all about? Well, firstly, for RM35, you get a one night’s stay at the Ryokan Chic Hostel in Penang. It’s just a stone’s throw away from many heritage sites and is an interesting backpacking hostel concept. You will also get a goodie bag and a tshirt.

And here are the list of amazing prizes to be won!!

 

We are also proud to announce that we are one of the sponsors of the contest, our first sponsorship for a photography contest. So come along and let’s have some fun in Penang!! .. yeah.. fun!! because we always believe that photography without fun.. well.. ain’t much fun! :)

So let’s get together, have some laughs and get that creative juices flowing!

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A Little Teaser…. for now…

 

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Check back soon

Happy Chinese New Year!!

It’s that time again where Chinese make their annual migration back to their kampungs to celebrate Chinese New Year. We would like to take this opportunity to ask that during your drive home, please do take care and drive sensibly.

Last but not least, we wish everyone …

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

… and a prosperous.. and not forgetting healthy wealthy year ahead :)

Happy New Year 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!!! It is another year and FingerOnShutter achieved yet again another milestone... We would like to thanks all our friend, families and also to our clients that trust and supported us. With all your support and believes we are still here and motivate to achieve more and more.

THANK YOU

Michele in the Papers

Not too long ago, we photographed a cheeky bubbly lady named Michele.

Than today……

 

 

Congrats Michele!

Being featured in a local media is just not enough, it has to be a full page feature! hehe.

We are so proud of you :)

Oh.. and we are happy that one of our photo is featured as well :)

 

So go grab yourself a copy of today’s NST!!

We sure will :)