What ACTUALLY happens when you accidentally open your film camera

I can't believe I never realised what actually happens when you open your film camera and expose a bunch of film. I thought it was all totally ruined but it turns out I'm a dumbo.
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[@Lea-np8rs]

Today my Friend opened up my camera because she didnt know that you are NOT supposed to do that. I told her to hold it for me as i looked up how to rewind the film properly with this camera (i'm also still new to this) she just opened it. I shut it close as quickly as i could... Then i rewinded it, but the rewind knob got stuck so i thought it was all back in the roll. Suprise: it was not. (This also took place in a mall, very loud and i tried to not get angry at my friend) I got so so frustrated. I ended up rewinding it correctly after that and sent it out for development... With still some little shimmer of hope. I had to many nice moments captured on there. Moments that meant a lot to me. I'm doing a one year of photography project and now one and a half months could potentially be gone. Just like that. Maybe luck will be on my side and Not everything is gone...

[@robertzoolander7074]

Update!!

[@Lea-np8rs]

@@robertzoolander7074 i still dont have the pictures yet and i dont know if i will at all... Apparently they are lost by the company who developed my pictures... Its so cursed

[@vibes8930]

Update please?

[@Lea-np8rs]

@@vibes8930 the developers lost my photos. They are currently searching for it but my hopes are pretty low. These photos seem to be cursed or something....

[@Lea-np8rs]

​@@vibes8930 I can now finally give an update! i thought i posted an answer before... maybe i remembered it wrong or it got deleted. Well my picture were lost by the developers... I contacted the customer service pretty late because i'm in the middle of my finals and had other things to care about. Last week my pictures were finally found. Only digitally, the prints are still lost but thats okay for now. The pictures turned out fine! There are two that are totally ruined and some others have those exposure stripes but it actually looks kind of cool. In the end i was so lucky that despite it all i got the pictures and they turned out fine too

[@JamieMPhoto]

This is true! I've found the film is even more resistant when you're using cinema film that still has remjet. If it's the right kind of camera, I will sometimes intentionally open the door just a little bit to get fun leaks. I've had the unintentional openings lose as few as 2 or 3 shots, too. As sensitive as it is, film is still surprisingly resilient!

[@maxkent]

It certainly surprised me, now I’m just gutted about the times I’ve thrown film away because I’d opened my back up 🥴

[@JamieMPhoto]

@@maxkent Aww, yeah. Haha. I try to always tell people to just close it and get through the roll. Even if it's really bright and you froze for a moment, you might get something somewhere in the roll. I do that when I know I've screwed up while developing, too. Even if you are sure it's ruined, just press ahead because sometimes it's ok.

[@stapledtogether]

My first ever 35mm camera back at uni used to auto wind on the whole roll when you loaded it then every time you took a shot the exposed neg would go back inside the canister! So if you ever opened it by mistake your exposed shots were safe inside the canister. Genius!

[@maxkent]

Ah! A lot of Ricohs do that!

[@tjtalbot4112]

I didn’t know how film worked. Shot a whole football pregame with film. Went back and sitting in my room pulled the film out of the cannister. Guess that’s all gone? 😂

[@jonathanramsdell906]

We've all done it. I learned early on to flip up the rewind lever when I knew my camera is empty, so when I pick up a film camera, and the rewind lever is down, I immediately know that it probably has film in it.

[@kswag]

I believe for some cameras, the winder doesn't move when you pull the advance lever. I got a mini heart attack when I spent nearly a whole day with my AE-1 program and noticed towards the end of the roll that the winder doesn't move. Turns out for the AE-1 and AE-1 program, they're just made like that

[@maxkent]

I just had to check this for myself and I can confirm that the AE-1 does wind as you shoot with it, so I’m not sure what happened with yours haha. Any camera that needs to be manually wound back should show the winder moving when you wind to the next frame (I think)

[@kswag]

​@@maxkent That's strange i remember seeing an forum post where they said the ae-1 isn't supposed to wind when pulling the level. There's also a film loading video where the winder doesn't move either.

[@gabrielleaguilar4857]

What happens if your camera automatically restarts back to 0 after you open it? Do you keep shooting?

[@Aqua2D]

i opened it up twice in a row and just stared at it all sad like but it was in a dark car while it was thundering so im hopeful

[@flyingcactus747]

Will the camera automatically know if some of the film was used, like are those original pictures still ok or will it take a picture over it if you continue using it?

[@patrickrodriguez8797]

Back when I was a kid, I opened the film of our then Canon point and shoot film camera and wasted a roll of film. I think my parents still don't know about it to this day.

[@beatrizbraga6739]

Hey there! Hope you can help me on this one. I just finished a roll on my Olympus Trip S, I think I loaded the film correctly, given that the numbers on display would change, the engine would advance properly after every shot and after the 36 shots were taken the film wouldn’t advance anymore (I took an extra shot just to confirm it had ended indeed). When rewinding, there was a bit of resistance with the button and the numbers on display didn’t change for a while; then suddenly the display stopped on the number ‘20’ and by the engine sounds, it felt like the whole thing had unwinded already, but I’m afraid if opening the back of the camera to check it out, and ruining the roll. Got any tips on how I can proceed?

[@luckysstar777]

you could go in a dark room, maybe still with faint light coming from a street light or something and open the back, you should be able to see if the film is still out of the roll. i've done this before myself, and if the film isn't rewound then because its dark it won't affect the film at all

[@winmyako4461]

What about the disposal camera?Opened not the entire back of camera, just a little and not in the beaming light, it was in the shade. And the film didn’t exposed directly with the light.Can it be damaged badly?

[@andreas1583]

I took a full roll of 120 film(12 pics) with my Rolleicord V. I was winding and thought the winding was done but it wasnt. So the last image was exposed. I did this in a dark livingroom. Could it be the same with this type of camera or du you think its all ruined?

[@Potato_original]

What really happens to the photo?

[@jway202]

I was rewinding my film back and thought it was finished to find out the roll broke off the canister and is stuck on the take up. Closed it after finding that out and having to take it to my lab to hopefully save as much roll as possible. 😭

[@qiaose]

Needed this.....

[@lecamaroni2279]

Need help pls. So i opened a camera and when i closed it the roll rewinded itself and the counter went back to 0 but then when i took some pictures the counter didnt move and stayed on 0, did i break the camera?

[@Goretti11]

I have the same problem, hopefully someone responds!

[@mrnobody3952]

Lmao no you didn't

[@lainevictoria4304]

hello! new to film camera! i unload the film after using it but when i opened the back of it, it wasn't unloaded til the very end, it still has a tail just like how i purchased the film for the first time, will it affect the entire film and ruin the shots i made from it? still new in film photography, will appreciate ur answers!

[@user-ok9vv9sv3l]

Hello! I recently bought a film camera and I opened it up not knowing it would affect my film. I had it open for quite a long time like 15-20 seconds maybe? But I had not taken any pictures yet, I was just checking to see if I loaded my film right. Will that affect my film roll, even though I did not make any photos? Thank you for your help!

[@maxkent]

Hi! If you hadn’t taken any pictures yet then it’ll be fine

[@TheMusicalKnokcers]

I thik 3-4photos will be lost cause the film was exposed

[@giruckas]

thank you so much!

[@porschapapas]

I have a 35mm reusable film camera kodak m38. I accidentally opened the back after 5 shots. i still took more pictures after. Are those 5 shots completely wiped out? and are the shots taken after still ok?

[@maxkent]

The first five are probably gone, after that it’ll be fine though

[@porschapapas]

@@maxkent awesome. thank you so much! 🙏

[@adzlinathirah6782]

@@maxkentMy friend did that to my kodak hekta. I notice the counter went back to 1 or s. But i keep on taking pictures after that and the counter moves. Does that mean it’s functional again?

[@zdravljeizacoska3133]

I have harman reusable camera and I accidentally open the door, just 1 second, but an S appeared instead of the number 3... will it continue to take photos normally and did I lose these couple of pictures which are taken before that? Thank you 😅

[@Samson1]

Not if you put your palm over the lens, take three. You'd be back to the forth without losing.

[@1marcelfilms]

Just a quick peek a very tiny peek

[@miastephan7205]

i’m new to taking pictures on a film camera. i thought my roll was done but my batteries were actually dead in the camera. i opened the back for probably two minutes trying to figure it out. how many shots are likely ruined?

[@tylerernst4363]

For two minutes, likely everything

[@eo3985]

Hiya I’ve been trying to find an answer and came across this video - really hope you reply. I purchased a new Olympus AF-10 and tried to load the film but realised it wasn’t loaded properly - so after thinking it was loaded for a day I opened the back and actually did it properly and the film was fine - I saw the numbers change on top too so I think I’ve done it properly now - but I’m worried that the film is now ruined .. I didn’t wind it properly the first time and when I opened the back I thought I might’ve damaged it but will the film be fine as it wasn’t winded properly in the first place? Hope this made sense .. thanks!

[@maxkent]

Hey! Yes it should be fine. Just be aware that with the AF-10 it rewinds automatically once you finish your roll (after 24 or 36 pictures). When you open the back a small amount of film will still be on show, that’s just how the AF-10 is, so don’t worry, it should have still worked just fine.

[@charlotteyan1833]

@@maxkenthi max, thanks for the video - really helpful! Just wondering would the same apply for the Olympus mju ii? When I opened it to get developed, it hadn’t properly rewound and it looked like there was still film outside. Really hoping I can still get some shots from it. Thank you :))

[@tiborhaake9479]

Thx Mate!

[@Filmandmusicdegenerate]

Definitely a good video to help me cause fucking hell I had opened my film door to find the entire roll was on the other side and it wasn’t in the canister which had really stressed me out as I just shot photos for a band tonight that I had likely exposed a lot under city lights

[@maxkent]

That’s difficult because it’s unclear at what point the film became unconnected! Best idea would be to keep the camera closed and take the camera itself into a development lab to see if they can help

[@Filmandmusicdegenerate]

@@maxkent i shot the entire roll which was HP5 it just had disconnected once I felt I was at the end but I think I had tugged on it too hard… But what I saw was it was completely wrapped around on the taking spool, I know street lights are way different compared to the sun… I have a dark bag at home so I’ll be re-spooling it into an empty canister I have to tape the end onto it and get it developed only than scanned. I will keep you updated…

[@jinchoung]

i watched to the end because i wanted to see just how many times you can say the same thing....

[@maxkent]

Hope your roll is blank bro

[@psycholor6566]

What about if you open a bulk loader and find there was film in it 🥲 and close it in a min or less

[@crazystorm1659]

One way to find our