The film take-up spool in the camera was removable. You could use another
film cartridge as the take-up spool. The knife let you cut the film in the
middle of the roll, wind the balance into the take-up cartridge, and remove
it. It was a neat feature, but one I rarely used.
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Regards
Bruce Appelbaum
Yorktown Heights, New York
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From: "Mark Dapoz" <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: OT Lefties
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> On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Andrew Fildes wrote:
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> > But what was that knife for?
>
> To keep the Nikon folk away :-) If I remember correctly, it was to cut
> the film in the camera mid-roll so that you could load it into a
developing
> tank using a changing bag. At least that's what I remember using it for.
> -mark
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