Need Advice and Help on Delta 400

I bought some delta 400 film to take wedding photos at my sons

wedding. I have a K-1000 and when I was loading the film before the

ceremony I had alot of trouble getting it on the take up spool. When

I had it in the film take up spool and hit the shutter release button

to advance the film it kept coming out of the take up spool. After

many tries I thought I had the film advancing, but when I was taking

pictures and advancing the film after the shot it did not feel

right. I thought it might be something different with the film as

to why it felt different with advancing since I have never used

professional film before and I am an amateur. When I finished the

roll and started to rewind there was hardly no resistance. I think

the film was not advancing when I was taking all my nice shots of my

sons wedding. What do I need to do to see if there are any photos on

the film and if there is not, is there a way to save this roll of

film for use again? Thanks in advance for any advice..I am a very

sad mom right now.

Process as indicated. If they're not there, that's the way it is. And don't beat yourself up over it. I ran out of batteries at a wedding a couple weeks ago, and although I was not acting in a pro or family capacity, didn't feel like much of a boy scout.

 

And if this helps: years ago at a wedding, my father in law couldn't figure out how to rewind on an SLR he had borrowed. Playing the expert, I monkeyed with a few levers and buttons and popped the back open for him. He was most impressed. Not!

First time I photographed a wedding (around 1970 I think) I was 13 and was feeling a bit pressured. On one roll I opened the back before rewinding. Fortunately only the last few frames were fogged - the rest were fairly tightly rolled on the takeup spool and were fine, and the room was pretty dim.

 

So far nothing worse has happened. And I don't let anyone else pressure me now - I can do that well enough for myself.

This is a classic problem and one I suspect almost all of us have had some experience with. The usual advice is to always keep an eye on the rewind crank. When the film is loaded, gently tighten up on the crank. After that, watch the crank knob to be sure it rotates on the first few advances. If that knob isn't turning, the film isn't advancing, and you have to take corrective action. I.e., load it again. BTW, this isn't usually related to the type of film- it can happen with anything.

Lex, 13 is kind of young to have the responsibility of taking photos at someones wedding. Occasionally I get asked and quickly decline as I don't want to FU the memories of someones wedding.