Great that the issue is gone!
I got 25 photos. Or 24 and 2/3 photo. I could get more if I adjust the electrical tape on the spool. It's there to prevent overlapping frames. I could take out a layer or two so that the first frames would be closer and the last frames wouldn't be too far away since the gap does grow. Also I could attach some paper to the start of the film so that it's not wasted when I roll it before the first frame.
You definitely should try sprocket hole photography! Just have it scanned somewhere else. Or scan it yourself first and then the best shots with the sprocket holes by someone else with a professional scanner that one can scan bigger films frames with.