I recently went on a trip to Florida to visit my oldest friend and used a roll of Ilford hp5 film to take a lot of pictures that I really hope I don't have to lose.
Apparently while I was taking photos, the film got pulled out of the roll without me noticing, I have no idea when it happened, there wasn't a pop or anything. Now that I'm back home I was going to take what I thought was the last picture on the roll, but then the roll didn't stop. I was really confused and thought maybe the roll was longer than I thought, but after doing some research it can't be, bulk rolls of film are 18-36 exposures, and I was on the 37th. I try to rewind the film but it doesn't feel right at all, it feels like it's just spinning and there's no pull that there usually is from the film. So I go into my completely dark bathroom and open the back of the camera. From feeling around for a little bit I learned two things: the first was that yes the film did come completely out of the cartridge, and the other was that I had no idea how to get the film out of the camera. There weren't any ends to grab, so what I'm thinking is that the roll wasn't actually 35 exposures and I just thought it was since the roll never "ended" because it came out of the cartridge, and I rolled it up too far. I have no idea what to do. I'm thinking I'll have to buy red darkroom lights so I can actually look inside the camera, but I don't know if I can even get the film out.
I really don't want to lose this roll, there are some really meaningful pictures on it.
I also don't want to lose the camera either, on that note.
Help :/
