Tips for Rewinding and Unloading film

Hashem gives some tips for rewinding and unloading a 35mm SLR. We present this short guide with 4 essential tips to help you rewind efficiently and prevent accidentally film exposure, damage, or other mishaps.

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[mattbeharry]

Another reason to process your film sooner rather than later, you tend to remember the conditions and settings you were using at the time when you shot the roll. Especially as a someone newer to 35mm film shooting, it helps to learn what went right or what went wrong when the day of the shoot is fresher in you mind. At least it did for me. Thx for the tips!

[MathieuStern]

It happened to me last week .... lost 5 pics only but it's making me crazy every time.
thanks for the tips

[ariannadominguez]

🙏🏼 the intro was me at the beach a month ago, partially fogging a roll of Lomo 100 I had forgotten in me F3.

[aleezehabid_]

I was unwinding a film roll for the first time but it sounded like it was ripping, thanks to your video I realised there’s a button underneath the camera you need to press first and now my films rolling smoothly thank you I doubt anybody else would’ve pointed that out 😭🙏

[Nearest_Neighbor]

When you want to have your film not entirely wound back into the canister to make processing it more easy, listen for a click while winding (you also feel it in the leaver) and after that you only do half a turn. With that you have a bit of film sticking out of the canister. Don't forget to mark it as exposed!

[eme_pp]

Thank you, this is super helpful to a beginner like me😊

[JanneRanta]

Also afaik, some cameras also dont allow you to fully rewind the film into the canister. Because it is engaged to the take up spool through the sproket hole like in Fed 3 for example.

[avillageofvigils]

Thank you. I just did this mistake now. Been a long time since I shot film.

[jenohogan]

This was actually a lot more useful than I was expecting. :-D

[sophietucker]

I have a plastic holder that holds 5 rolls of film. I have made a label that says "Exposed Film". My other film holders hold 10 rolls but are unlabeled. This system works for me

[SkullTavern]

might be a dumb question but do you have to rewind after every photo?

[donopagma]

Here because just had the same experience 😩 and after I thought it was finally rewinded and opened the back but the film was torn, and ofc exposed again. I'm really not sure if there's gonna be any result 😢

[timdiekman]

I leave my leader out to process at home. I rip the tag off to ensure the roll does not get re-exposed.

[drkopkaish]

sometimes rewind crank doesn't turn when i advance film laver (like i already took 15 shoots and its was working properly buy once ints not turning and after turning rewind crank and making it tight advancing film lever and rewind crack turning good). It is ok?

[onigrapher]

Messed up my film while I was rewinding it back opened my camera fell in the snow ❄️ 1/3 of the roll has like some yellow stain mark on it

[levioceann]

when I have a roll in camera is the rewind crank supposed to be a bit loose and able to turn both ways?

[jaeh]

How can I tell a used and new roll apart?? I accidentally put them together in one place and now I can’t tell them apart..

[Felhasz]

I wish this video was uploaded two weeks before 😅

[missninveli]

Hi. I rewinded my point and shot when lens was not covered. Have I ruined the film?

[karwoski]

I accidentally opened the back cover for a split second when the film wasn't completely rewinded, I hope I didn't damage any portion of it, the whole process was done with a jacket onto the camera.