How do I open a 35 mm film roll to get the negatives?

Question

I want to manually open it at home so I can scan it into my new Epson V350 whicih has a negative scanner. How do I open the roll to get the expsed film?

Answer 1

You don't! That would expose the 35mm film to light ruining it. I used to develop 35mm film at home, and you had to pry open the metal canister, wind the exposed film onto wire reels then place the reels in a lightproof container (very tough). It had to be completely pitch-black, then you use a developing solution poured into the lightproof container for a pre-determined time at an exact temperature, shake it for a number of minutes, then drain that out, pour a stop-bath solution in which stopped the developing process, shake, wait, then pour a "fixer" in which stabilized the image onto the negative. After all that was done, you rinse the film in pure water for a time and remove it, cut it into sections and hang to dry. And that was just for black and white! Color was tougher! And you had to develop your prints, too! Thank goodness for machines, which do all of this automatically!

You need to take your film and have it developed. They will supply you with negatives. If you want "positive" images, use 35mm slide film and request that it be delivered "unmounted" so you can scan it, or use a slide adapter to scan slides. Either way, use a high DPI setting to get the most detail out of the small, 35mm image. (some suggest 3200dpi if your scanner is capable of it, if not, use the highest available to you). NEVER open a undeveloped roll of exposed film without a darkroom and developing experience. It will be ruined INSTANTLY!!

Answer 2

Did you took the film roll through these five steps: 1. Color developer 2. Bleach stop-bath 3. Fixer 4. Washing 5. Drying

Answer 3

BAD IDEA!!! unless you have developed the negatives themselves you definately dont want to open the roll just take the roll to a one hour photo place and have them develope the negatives but not make prints if you expose the negatives to light before they are developed you will lose the negatives completely

Answer 4

Your Epson Negative Scanner scans negatives that have been processed. You'll still need a darkroom and or lab to complete that step.

Answer 5

The film in the cartridge has not been developed yet and is still sensitive to light. Unless you plan on developing it yourself, take it somewhere to be developed (you don't have to get prints if you don't want to) and you can then scan in the negatives you get back.

And oh yeah, I used to open them with a bottle opener.

Answer 6

IF YOU DO THAT YOU WILL RUIN THE FILM, UNLESS YOU HAVE A DARK ROOM I DONT RECOMMEND IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO LOSE YOUR PICTURES.