Can you reuse an accidentally blank frame on a Nikon FM2 after advancing the film?

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I accidentally fired the shutter on my Nikon FM2 with the lens cap on. It was around frame 10, and after winding on, the counter now shows frame 11. Is there any practical way to go back and reuse that blank frame, or is it lost once the film has been advanced?

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Sorry to report that the inaccuracy of the film advance mechanism plus the uncertainty of the position of initial starting point makes this a nearly impossible task. If you rewound the film back into the cassette and attempted to reposition the unexposed frame for a retake, most likely an adjacent frame would be double exposed. Best advice is to let this unexposed frame alone.

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Once you’ve advanced the film, that frame is effectively lost. On the Nikon FM2, there isn’t a practical or reliable way to return to the exact previous frame position. Film advance spacing and the original loading position aren’t precise enough, so trying to rewind and line it back up would likely cause overlap or double exposure on an adjacent frame.

If this ever happens again and you notice it before advancing the film, you can still use that frame: use the FM2’s multiple-exposure control while winding the lever so the shutter is recocked without advancing the film. Then make the real exposure on the same frame. But after normal advance to the next frame, you should just continue shooting and accept the lost frame.

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