How can i make sure my film is placed correctly after the film is already in he camera?

Is there a way to check if your film is placed correctly once the film is already in the camera and ready to shoot? Its ok if it exposes the first couple of pictures(is only on 3)?|||If you're using an SLR, you can manually rotate the rewind knob backwards to see if it has grabbed the film. When you advance the film, the rewind knob will rotate.





if it's a compact 35mm camera with a motor drive- it's hard to tell.





time to go digital.|||The easiest thing is to test it out. Turn the camera on and shoot. Ensure that it is long. Stop filming and play back to yourself. You now know if there is a problem...|||Go Morey. I was going to say to check the rewind crank, but I didn't think about auto-advancing film. I wouldn't know HOW to check with that...





If you are absolutely positive that the film is advancing, I suggest that there is something else wrongwith your camera.





I don't know if you have a hand crank camera or an auto-advance camera, but if there are motors whirring and all that, I doubt you could hear the film moving.





Add MORE details and tell us what model camera it is and whether it has any motors or if it's all manual for film advance and rewind.|||if it advances forward


it is ok|||I presume you're asking because the camera isn't advancing the way you think it should. The rewind spool isn't turning as you advance the film or, worse, you hear the drive sprockets slipping or tearing the film tractors.





Find yourself a DARK room. Go into the room, close the door and wait a minute for your eyes to adjust. Then look around for light sneaking in from under the door or other places. The room must be DARK.





With your back to the door (just in case) open your SLR in the dark. Gently feel for the film stretched across the shutter. If it isn't, you know the camera isn't loaded correctly. Switch on the light and fix it.





If you do feel film stretched across the shutter but there is a problem - like the film tractors are torn - what you do next depends on how many pictures you've already taken. If more than 1/2 the roll, I recommend winding it up and processing what you've got. If less than 1/2 the roll and you don't want to waste the unused film, you'll need an empty, black film can, tape and scissors. Plus lots of good dexterity with your hands in the dark!





Gently pull a little extra film from the film can to give yourself some slack. Cut the film with the scissors. Press the rewind button to release the film advance spool and slowly pull to unwind the film off the spool. Roll it up - being careful to not put your fingers all over it - and put it into the black film can and seal it. Now you can turn the lights back on!





Tape up the black film container and label it to be sure it doesn't get opened until in a darkroom for processing. You can use what's left of your film by cutting a new leader (the shapely end that goes into the film advance spool) and loading it like you normally would.





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