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Hi, I'm Franc Anderson. I'd like to show you how to load a film camera with film. It's
quite simple, and with battery operated film cameras the uptake of the film is automatic,
so there are really only three basic steps. One is, how do you open the back of the camera?
Secondly, how to locate the film can, and thirdly, how to put the film leader in the
correct place. It's simple. Let me show you how. In this camera, there is a lock button,
which I have to release. And there are a back release button, which I have to pull down.
So, I press the lock button, I pull down the release button, and the back pops open. Then
I simply open the back to reveal a compartment for the film can, and on the other side, the
spool which uptakes the film and transports it across the back of the shutter. So now
I have to insert the film can.
The can goes in like so, this way, with this little spigot pointing downwards. This part
here is sprung loaded, so now I can, first of all put that end of the can in, and just
set the can in it's compartment, like that. With all film cameras, you must never, ever,
touch the blades of the shutter. Do not put your fingers on it, ever. Now, I hold the
can in place, and pull the film leader across until the end of the film leader rests alongside
the orange mark. There. Like so. Then all I have to do is close the back, and uptake
of the film is automatic. Now, I turn the camera on. And the camera automatically positions the
film, ready to take the first frame. With old cameras, older cameras that were completely
manual and were not a battery operated, the basic method is the same. However, uptake
of the film is not automatic, and the film is not automatically positioned for the first
frame. In these cameras there is a wind-down lever, and this should be advanced like this
a few times. And this will ensure that unexposed film is now positioned over the shutter inside
the camera, and you're ready for the first shot.