Don't let this happen to your film!

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[@slothsarecool]

My favourite is “shooting” an entire roll to realize you neglected to check that it is indeed attached to the spool and taking up 😂..

[@stormfalconstudios]

Recently, I acquired a Mamiya 645 and went out shooting with it. Happily out snapping pictures when I realized I'd been taking far more shots that I had film for. The 645 doesn't stop when you get to the end of the roll, the frame counter stops advancing. Lesson learned. I changed film then went back and re-shot some of the things I'd missed.

[@TheCookieCoolMan]

Duuuude, that happened to me just two weeks ago while on a once in a lifetime hiking trip 👺

[@myahya1987]

THIS JUST HAPPENED TO ME 3 DAYS BACK 😂💔 Worst feeling ever, knowing you got some good keepers 😔

[@TheCookieCoolMan]

@@myahya1987 I feel that bro...

[@nuhaashafiqa]

Nothing more heartbreaking than realizing either your roll snapped or caught up in the take up spool. I feel it has to happen at least once in a film photographers life. Ilford saved me as their cannisters are black so it was just a matter of clumsily removing my snapped roll off my SLR to the cannisters. Guess hoarding the cannisters was the right move. LOL. The initial feeling of a crunchy tug then sudden ease when winding or advancing only for you to realize you've past the 36 frame count is still fresh and traumatizing even after a few years of casual shooting with film. You gotta love how film keeps us on our toes.

[@yenchan5322]

You're such a good story-teller that i found myself carefully listening to everything although it's been years since I handled an automatic film camera. Now i know what the automatic rewind button is for.

[@darrenjennings]

A nice reminder thank you. The key message here I feel is don't get sidetracked🙂 Not easy

[@aperturecollect]

I have a changing bag I bought for loading 4x5 film holders. I have used it for rewinding film out of the camera etc also. The MJU did that for me also after I dropped it as I pulled it out of a coat pocket or some such thing, the body had separated and allowed the light leaks. I think out of all my years of shooting I've only lost about 3 rolls like the one that was obliterated and I think it may happen when the developers screw up. I know that I fumbled while opening an antique 645 once, that caused some problems too.

[@WhatsGoodPhilip]

Thanks Cody! Just got the T2.

[@tomislavmiletic_]

1) That particular scenario NEVER happened to me, ever. I did break the film once, but in the old Russian mechanical camera that was not known to be a gentle one. Either those elderly electronic cameras went crazy or the quality of the connection between the film and the cassette went down. Significantly... 2) After you've took your film out, you should put it into re-usable film cassette (which you didn't had of course), or you wrap it into aluminium foil FIRST, several times, and than put it into the said "light proof" bag, which you should hold in the trunk, not the passenger seat. I know it's obvious now, but it had to be said...

[@gabgallant]

Thanks for the tips! Ironically, none of my point and shoots have ever done this. Only my Rollei 35 has 😓

[@gurwat]

Great video! It's a bummer you lost that roll, that's something I think will happen to every film photographer at some point. I have a point and shoot camera (Minolta Panorama) that doesn't re-wind the film. The first roll I shot unfortunately got ruined, but I've been able to re-wind all other rolls manually in a dark bag and the photos turned out fine! I've also had issues with 120 film, I think there's a slight difference between Kodak & Fuji 120 spools, so Kodak film doesn't fit perfectly on the spool sometimes and the edges of the film get exposed to light, I've had that happen a couple times and one roll from Kauai got ruined.

[@jalaska007]

Great idea to take an experience of yours and use it to teach others! Appreciate the tips, I've seen them floating around but having them all in one place is going to be a good resource for film photographers finding your channel. I particularly like how you brought those frames up on the screen for us to see what you're describing, good stuff.

[@lucasramos2984]

I’ve made this mistake back when I first started shooting film, and worse yet, I did it on a regular slr. I ended up losing the roll completely and losing very important pictures. But anyway, I think making mistakes like this are a part of the process of shooting film.😊

[@nicholasferrante4333]

Helpful video! I'm going to pay attention to the frame counter and listen for the noise from now on

[@edshotsdotcodotuk]

Working at a photolab ive seen this all too often. People will put the film in a film pot and bring it in with a warning to us. Sometimes people put it in a transparent pot! I CAN'T STRESS IT ENOUGH, IT HAS TO BE A BLACK POT 😁

[@preston_the_hoonigan]

I’ve only had this happen twice, but i skipped a frame on medium format film using my kodak hawkeye brownie, and my rb67. Whooooops 💀

[@lezapzap311]

Excellent video, definitely something worth keeping in mind with shooting film.

[@thomasa.243]

That is a strange issue. I have shot 100s of roll in my life and never has anything like that happened. Maybe I was just lucky (or you unlucky 😅). Or maybe it has to do with the specific camera. Or probably also with the climate in your region(?)

[@wangyqv]

The bag is probably visbale light proof but not UV proof, and UV is a very high energy light that comes from sun and penetrate many things and will definately expose films if the UV cut layer of film is not correctly positioned. Probably next time a metal box will help much better on shuttering lights but lets hope no next time though... Very informative and educational one! Thanks Cody🕶

[@Photobuffeddy_AGS]

oh my goodness…. od dear 😅

[@pauuuuul87]

So the lesson here is don't be greedy with your film😂

[@johntazbaz1121]

Bummer you lost those images. Your comment about some films being more susceptible to this, I’m thinking expired film could be more so since the tape would lose adhesion over many years or decades. But it’s just a hunch.