APS Film Canister Tools

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I shoot and home-develop a lot of different film formats. APS has a unique canister, which is fiddly at best, and a PITA at worst. These tools are designed to take the pain out of handling those reels. There are two tools and a shiv/joiner to keeping the tools together so you are less likely to loose 'em. One tool is a key for the APS film gate door, to open/close it. I've found that the door opens and closes much easier if you first set the canister's "stage" to "3" (look at the end of the can). Be gentle when using the key tool, as it is semi fragile, since it is so small. A carbon fiber filament might help with durability, but I haven't tried. The easiest way to set the canister to "stage 3" is to use the other tool in this project, which is... The other tool is the winder tool, used to unwinding/rewinding the film from the canister, but also useful to setting the canister's stage before opening the film gate door. Obviously these tools are being offered for download so that people can print them for themselves (if you do, please let me know!), but if you would like me to print them for you, I'd be happy to for a reasonable price. Just email me.