I would only wind it just before I wanted to shoot a picture.Īdded info: I forgot* that your camera, the Rolei 35, is special: It won't let you collapse the lens if the shutter is not cocked. When I owned a film camera, my preference was to put it away without winding the film, so that there would be no chance of accidentally tripping the shutter. It's a matter of personal preference whether you keep the camera cocked for the next shot or not. So if you see "1" in the window, then either you have not yet taken the first picture, but the camera is ready for you to do so or else you have taken the first picture, but the camera is not yet ready for the next one because you haven't wound it. The number shown in the window won't change when you take a picture: It changes when you wind the film to the next frame. Whether the numeral 1 denotes that a capture has already been taken, or whether it is telling me that I am about to take the first photograph. Just be aware, that all of the extra fames might not be fruitful. OK to try and get a few more frames than stated on the box. This area likely will be used to identify your roll via an adhesive label, or have a number imaged using light or perhaps a number using a labeling punch. If you send your film out for processing, the tongue and then some will be used to affix the film to the film transport mechanism of a film processor.
If you are developing the film yourself, standard practice should be to cut off the tongue and save it for testing fixer and perhaps developer activity. Here’s why! The tongue, along with a few subsequent frame lengths, is likely fogged. In other words don’t deliberately compose and shoot the next Pulitzer Prize image on film that could be despoiled. With luck you can get two or even three more frames.Īs a rule of thumb these extra frames should be considered hit-and-miss. We are all tempted to squeeze more shots out of our roll than the number of exposures stated on the box.
This indicates that exposure number 1 has been advanced and the camera is ready to take picture no. We close the camera and advance the film to #1.
You would be wise to load and unload in subdued light. The velvet is a light trap that protects the film in the interior of the cassette from being fogged during the film loading procedure. As you know, a short tapered tongue / leader - length of film protrudes from the velvet lined mouth of the film cassette.
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