michelle_mckernan

I am planning on opening the camera in the darkroom at school. The break happened at the end of the roll so I am not worried about

taping the end - the last couple of shots weren't particularly heartbreaking for me to lose anyway.. It's the first 30 or so that would crush

me.

I definitely need the practice in working in pitch black conditions. In class we did some practice winding, but not the whole process of

opening the canister, winding and loading into the developer.

I thought if anything, this saves me the step of opening the canister! Ha ha.

You know what, that is exactly what happened in each case.. I took the last picture, pulled the advance lever and it did not advance fully..

So it must be that I needed to rewind a bit, finish the advance and then rewind again... Thanks for your help - I feel rather foolish for not seeing that it didn't stay in.. I am definitely a newbie!

<p>I am brand new to film photography in that this is my first experience using a completely manual camera. The only camera I had prior was an old Vivitar 35mm point and shoot. Anyway, I bought a used Fujica manual camera for a B/W Photography class. The film loads fine (at least it appears to since I feel tension when advancing and can see the wheel turn on top of the camera). The problem arises when I attempt to rewind a roll (this has happened a couple of times). I press the film release, go to rewind in the direction of the little arrow and I feel a lot of tension and then SNAP, the film breaks. I'm hoping to salvage my latest roll (at least the majority) because I opened the back a crack, saw that it was broken and shut the back. The film is not expired either.</p>

<p>Does anyone have any advice or ideas as to why my film won't rewind?</p>

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