Despite the rise of digital cameras. many photographer still use film SLRs.
Although it's now rare to see someone loading film into an SLR, film photography still offers many advantages. Whether it's for film's higher resolution, for its ineffable feel or simply for the sake of nostalgia, the emergence of digital cameras has provoked a resurgence of older and antique film techniques, including the use of film cameras. Loading film into an SLR camera can be tricky business, but with some practice and dexterity, you can do it.
Instructions
1. Open the back of the camera. You can usually do this by pulling up on the adjustable wheel on top of the camera until you hear a popping noise and the back pops open.
2. Place the film cartridge into the spot for it on the left on the camera with the protrusion on the top of the canister facing downward and the film leader lying on top of the shutter.
3. Pull the leader over to the other side of the camera body and engage it with the winding mechanism, if your camera loads the film automatically. Close the body. You should hear the sound of the electronic winder advancing the film.
4. Pull out about 3 inches of the leader from the film canister, if you have a SLR that does not load the film automatically,
5. Feed the narrow part of the leader through the film slot on the post in the cavity on the right side of the camera.
6. Hold the tab that you just inserted in place as best you can while winding the film onto the post by rotating the post by hand. This takes practice and dexterity and is easily the most challenging and frustrating part of loading a film SLR.
7. Close the back of the camera and advance the film by two frames. On most cameras, you will advance the film until you see that the frame-number reading indicates that you are at the first frame. This pulls the leader farther onto the take-up spool, which is the post you wound it on to, and advances past the part of the film that does not have any usable emulsion on it. You are now ready to start shooting.
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