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All out of burgers

I’ve seen a few branches of this burger chain when on my travels but have never had the opportunity to visit one. The Sheffield branch has now closed down, so I don’t think my chances of doing so are on the increase…

I was planning on developing a roll of Tri-X today but hit a roadblock when I couldn’t get the film leader out of the cassette. I have an extractor tool, but it’s a bit hit-and-miss, and the alternative method of using a damp piece of film to pull it out failed me as well. I’ve resorted to buying a (hopefully) better extractor.

I wish my Nikon F80 had an option to keep the leader out on rewind.

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Minolta X-300 & Minolta 50mm f/1.7 MD on Ilford Type-517. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 14.5mins @ 20°.

Taken on 25 October 2025

2 thoughts on “All out of burgers

    1. I do the same if I have to, but I prefer to get the start of the roll onto the reel in the light before moving it to the changing bag if I can, as it’s a lot less fiddly.

      Plus I’m trying to save a few intact cassettes for bulk loading into DX coded versions. 😀

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