johncarvill Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 <p>HI folks<br> I'm wondering whether leaving an unwound film in my Nikon SLR for a few years will have damaged the camera.<br> I have a Nikon F3 which I haven't used in a while, due to being busy with family, kids, etc. I recently discovered that I had left a used, unwound 36 shot roll of slide film in the camera, it's been in there since about October 2006! I have now rewound the film and removed it, and everything looks ok, but I am worried the stress of holding the film in place for so long may have damaged my camera. Is this something I should be worried about? Or no problem?<br> Thanks<br> JC</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_carroll4 Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 <p>The film isn't spring loaded, nor does it exert any tension on any of the film transport components. The F3 film transport was designed to withstand prolonged use with a high speed motordrive - your film won't do it any harm at all.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umesh_bhayaraju Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 <p>:)...There wont be any stress on the film holder in the camera, so you dont have to worry. It is as if you used the camera regularly for 3 years. as long as there is not deposits of film or precipitation, i should be ok.<br> Even if the camera gets damaged, will it make a difference. It should not matter as you are not using the camera anyway. joke ok...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncarvill Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 <p>Ha ha. Yes, why worry if I'm not using it eh? :-)</p> <p>Actually, I'm off to New York in May and planning to shoot several rolls of Velvia. </p> <p>Thanks for the reassurance folks.<br> Cheers<br> JC</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 <p>Nah, no problems. The folks on the <a href="../classic-cameras-forum/">Classic Manual Cameras Forum</a> have found much older film in much older cameras. Both cameras and film survived. My personal record for neglected film loaded into a camera is around three years - no problems with the film or camera.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramon_v__california_ Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 <p>no worries there. i had films in my F3 and FE2 when i immigrated here to the states. started using the FE2 and forgot about the F3. five years later, surprised that there was a film in the F3, started shooting. no problem, even with change in climate and atmosphere.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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