Beginning Photography Tips & Techniques - Loading film in 35mm camera
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Hi, I’m Scott Vallance on behalf of Expert Village.com. We are going to do a video clip
today about loading film in a 35mm camera. All cameras are a little bit different. Most
of them have the release for the back over on the slide take up spool. Just open the
spool, it has a lever in the middle, and then pull it up and the back should spring open.
At this point, hold it upside down; blow in it gently to get any extra dust out of there.
If you have one of those manual blowers it works real well. Take your film out of the
canister that holds it. It has a leader on it. There is a sprocket over on the left hand
side of your camera, right hand side as you look at it. Stick the leader into the little
slot, about a ¼ inch, advance your film advance lever, fold your film across, make sure that
this spot that holds are lined up with the spot that is on the gear drive, fold your
film across, drop into the slot, turn your film take up wind lever down on it, close
the back, leave the little lever up on your film wind lever and then advance it a couple
of times and watch and make sure that the little handle turns. If it does not turn,
your film did not load correctly. Shoot a couple frames, tighten that up, set it down
and you are ready to go shoot.
