Unloading the Film
After you've finished taking your pictures, you need to get the exposed roll
of film out of your camera so that you can get it processed into pictures.
This is done by: (1) rewinding the film and (2) removing the cassette.
Caution:
Never open the back of the camera before the film is rewound
back into its cassette. Doing so will expose the entire roll to light
which will ruin all of your pictures.
Rewinding the film.
Rewinding the film is easy enough because the
camera does it for you, except when you need to remove a roll of film before
the end of the roll. To remove the film, just:
1.
Continue to take pictures with your camera as normal. When the film
reaches its end, the camera will automatically unlock the advance
mechanism and rewind the film.
2.
Locate the rewind switch on the bottom of the camera if you want to
rewind the film before it reaches the end of the roll. This switch is
shaped like the letter L and is labeled with the letter R. Just press this
button and the film will rewind back into the cassette.
Removing the cassette.
After the film has been rewound into the cassette,
removing the cassette follows the same basic steps as loading the film but in
reverse. All you need to do is:
1.
Hold the camera face down.
2.
Open the film compartment door by pressing the latch located on the
left-hand side of this door.
3.
Remove the film cassette from this camera.
Caution:
About 2 inches of film will stick out of the cassette. Do not
pull this out of the cassette. This will expose the film to light
and ruin any pictures.
4.
Hold the cassette in one hand and turn the small hub of the cassette
counter-clockwise to roll the remaining film into the cassette. You do
not want any film to be left sticking out of the cassette.
Now that you have taken an entire roll of pictures, you can take your film
into your favorite film developer to print your pictures. The more you use
your camera, the more familiar you will be with its functions and with the
composition you like to obtain from your pictures. Enjoy your memories.