How To Open A Film Camera. Lift the rewind knob until it clicks and the back of your camera should spring open. Load 35mm film with this tutorial.

Lift the rewind knob until it clicks and the back of your camera should spring open. Buy Your Own 35mm Film. Load 35mm film with this tutorial.
It will pull up and stop then pull up further and the door will pop open.
Check if the shutter is actually opening to let the light into the exposed film. Sometimes especially on SLR cameras you do this by lifting the rewind crank upwards. That means youll need to stabilize your camera sooner than you might in digital. The ELEL2 FM and FE series and F3-F5 have this the F2 uses a key on the bottom the F has a key in the same place but the whole back and bottom pull off.

