First ever roll

[Nick--]

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I’ve just taken my first roll of film with anything other than fully auto point and shoot for holiday snaps in the 80s and 90s 🙂

I’ve loved the experience of using an M6 and staff in restaurants always ask about the camera - it’s a really good conversation starter. Funny how many are confused that there’s no on/off button etc.

I know I have mucked up several shots if not all! Suddenly there feels like so much to remember, it’s like learning to drive a car, everything seems to happen so quickly.  I was taking pictures at dusk and mid-day, inside and outside, so my exposure varied quite a lot, and with that keeping track of the ever reducing DoF kept me on my toes.

I’m still at the happy stage of really enjoying the experience, that will hopefully continue Evan after I get the film developed!!

Quick question - should I reward the film straight away, or leave it where it is at 36 exposure? Safe to leave in the camera ? I don’t have the canister with me and won’t be home until tomorrow.

 

 

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[a.noctilux]

4 minutes ago, Nick-- said:

should I reward the film straight away, or leave it where it is at 36 exposure? Safe to leave in the camera ? I don’t have the canister with me and won’t be home until tomorrow.

Don't bother, each option is safe, rewind the film after "you can't wind-on anymore" (not always at 36 ! ) is my choice as it's ready to be taken out.

 

[dpitt]

1 hour ago, Nick-- said:

should I reward the film straight away, or leave it where it is at 36 exposure? Safe to leave in the camera ? I don’t have the canister with me and won’t be home until tomorrow.

If your camera is in proper working order, film can be kept loaded for decades. Of course it is best to keep it only for a few weeks or months, but I would not panic if that is extended to more than a year.

Make sure that you load/unload your camera in a relatively dust free environment. Dust particles on the back plate can cause scratching...

Unexposed film is best kept at a cool/dry place. Keeping it for more than a few months is best done in a sealed plastic bag inside the refrigerator or the freezer. Make sure it is back at room temperature before you load it. Unexposed film can be kept for years in a freezer.

[250swb]

At the end wind it back immediately because one day you'll forget you've got a film in the camera and open the bottom plate ruining the film. It doesn't have to go back into the plastic container, a dark pocket in your camera bag will do fine.

[Pyrogallol]

Yes, get into the habit of rewinding the film as soon as you get to the end. You can still leave it in the camera until you get home.

[spydrxx]

I'm in the rewind immediately camp, just to prevent my opening the back and inadvertently destroying the last couple of shots. But, of course, rewinding immediately isn't necessary.

[Nick--]

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Seem like a good idea to rewind straight away to avoid opening the back and wrecking a few frames when I forget. 
 

I’ll be taking the film to Come Through Lab in Manchester tomorrow 

[armadsen]

Last year, I found a (non Leica) camera in my storage room that I had forgotten about. It had a partially shot, unrewound roll of film in it. I rewound it and developed it. Turned out to be some photos I had taken 17 years earlier in 2005. They came out completely fine, and it was fun to remember an event that I hadn't thought about for years nor remembered I had photographed! So, certainly no need to rewind immediately. That said, I'm with the others here in that I always immediately rewind at the end of a roll simply because it helps prevent me from accidentally opening the camera and ruining some shots, which I most definitely have done before.

[Fotoklaus]

vor 6 Stunden schrieb Nick--:

I’ve just taken my first roll of film with anything other than fully auto point and shoot for holiday snaps in the 80s and 90s 🙂

I’ve loved the experience of using an M6 and staff in restaurants always ask about the camera - it’s a really good conversation starter. Funny how many are confused that there’s no on/off button etc.

I know I have mucked up several shots if not all! Suddenly there feels like so much to remember, it’s like learning to drive a car, everything seems to happen so quickly.  I was taking pictures at dusk and mid-day, inside and outside, so my exposure varied quite a lot, and with that keeping track of the ever reducing DoF kept me on my toes.

I’m still at the happy stage of really enjoying the experience, that will hopefully continue Evan after I get the film developed!!

Quick question - should I reward the film straight away, or leave it where it is at 36 exposure? Safe to leave in the camera ? I don’t have the canister with me and won’t be home until tomorrow.

 

 

Rewind it and leave it in the camera. That' s safe and convenient.

[Huss]

2 hours ago, 250swb said:

At the end wind it back immediately because one day you'll forget you've got a film in the camera and open the bottom plate ruining the film. It doesn't have to go back into the plastic container, a dark pocket in your camera bag will do fine.

I did this last year.  After decades of experience!  Could not believe it...  always rewind the moment you have finished your film.  There is zero downside to it!

[Bobonli]

Rewind immediately or label the camera somehow so you know there's still film in it. I know there's a frame counter but it would be easy enough to forget to check that and just pop the back open and ruin the roll.

[Nick--]

I've wound it back. I'm sure I would open the back at the wrong time eventually, so I'll get into this habit 🙂 Thanks everyone

[250swb]

2 hours ago, Huss said:

I did this last year.  After decades of experience!  Could not believe it...  always rewind the moment you have finished your film.  There is zero downside to it!

If it hadn't happened to me I would be in the 'don't bother' camp 😄

[Huss]

9 hours ago, 250swb said:

If it hadn't happened to me I would be in the 'don't bother' camp 😄

The funniest thing was me staring at the film in disbelief, trying to convince myself that I was not actually seeing what I was seeing!

[Matlock]

1 hour ago, Huss said:

The funniest thing was me staring at the film in disbelief, trying to convince myself that I was not actually seeing what I was seeing!

Been there, done that, got the tee-shirt.