Film camera went past 24 exp. On a 24 exp. Roll of film, what's happening? Won't automatically rewind?
Hi, so I recently purchased a secondhand Nikon lite touch zoom 70w film camera. I loaded a 24 exp. Roll of film into it and have been taking photos over the past few days since, but today I managed to take an extra shot - the number on the display says 25 now but I know the roll I purchased has only 24 exposures so what is up? I have the manual for the camera and it says that when the roll is finished the camera automatically rewinds itself and when the letter "E" appears on the display only then is the back safe to opened and the roll to be removed, but obviously it hasn't automatically rewinded. This is my first time using a film camera so I'm unsure of how to proceed. I really do not want to lose any of the photos on this roll because of sentimentality and all that. What should I do to save them, what is the issue?
On role film sometimes you get a few extra shots. That was common.
All rolls have enough for about 26. It just depends how well you load it. You pay for the number of exposures when you send to print. The end is detected when the windon motor can't wind. Take one more photo see what happens. The last one may not be printable.
Sometimes, as the others have said, you get more than the stated twenty four exposures. I wouldn't worry about getting twenty five or twenty six.
However, I have an old camera with the film still in it. I don't know if I loaded it wrong (which I'd never done before) or if there was something wrong with the camera but it was lettiing me "take" unlimited numbers of photos! So things can go wrong.
With all film, there's little bit extra which results in getting 1-2, maybe even 3 extra shots. It's very common to get 25 or 26 frames out of a 24 exposure roll.
Just keep shooting and the camera will automatically rewind the film. Sometimes cameras do fail to rewind at the end of the roll of film. When this happens, you can hear the motor and gears bind since there's no more film to pulled from the canister. The solution for this is to just use a paper clip or pencil to push the rewind button located on the bottom of most cameras. Some cameras have this button on top which is marked by an icon that looks like the top of a roll of film with the leader sticking out. Pressing that button will rewind the film entirely back inside the canister. So if you need to get the film processed and you haven't taken the last shot yet, no problem - just press the button and take the film out. You don't have to take 24 shots on a 24 exp roll. Nothing "bad" will happen if you send in a roll of film that has some number of frames left. It doesn't work that way, you just end up getting fewer photos in the envelope, that's all.
What is this…"film"… You speak of? You sound like some kind of time-traveling warlock. BEGONE, KNAVE, LEST I THROTTLE THEE!
Either you're getting a few extra shots from that roll of film, or you didn't quite get the film to catch onto the advance spool sprocket of the camera. Go into a clothes closet where it's totally dark (careful with the light seeping in by the floor, beneath the door) and open the camera in the total darkness… Then advance one frame in the dark while touching to see if the film advances. IF it does not advance, remove the film and rewind it manually inside the film cartridge, careful to leave the film "lead" out to reinstall the film in the camera once you leave the clothes closet. I suspect that has happened to every person that has ever used film cameras. I still recall when it happened to me… Ugh!
Yes sometimes you can get one or two pics more out of a roll of film. There's also a rewind button that you can press to have it rewound to put the film out safely. It's on the top side of the camera, a small round button you have to depress with a pen or similar as shown her:
(Page 17). Mid roll means before the end of the roll not exactly the middle.
Have fun shooting film and good luck!
What others don't say is that the tail end of the roll in the can has a strip of tape on it, holding it to the core or spindle. That and some light struck area makes the very last of the film unusable for photos anyway.
Put lens cap on and take a shot, see if the auto rewind kicks in.
The film must have torn out of the cassette. Go to a good photo retailer, explain the problem, and ask for help. DO NOT OPEN the camera - that must be done only in total darkness and in the hands of somebody who knows what they are doing and who has a suitable light-proof container to put the film into once it has been extracted in the dark.