Did my Nikon F60 rewind the film, and are my first 28 shots safe?
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I shot about 28 frames on a 36-exposure roll in a Nikon F60, then put the camera down for a while. When I picked it up again, the frame counter showed 0, and I noticed I was taking photos again from the start. I have not opened the camera back. If the film rewound, are my first 28 shots likely still on the roll, or could they be lost?
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Taking a photos after a complete film rewind would not have affected your 28 previous photos since the camera would have roll the entire film back into its light-tight cassette / holder. I'm however pretty sure your camera would let you know in some way you have no active film to take pictures!
Taking a photos after a partial film rewind would end double exposing photos
But the key question here is "Has the camera really rewound the film": a camera rarely rewinds a film on it own...
Is your conclusion of the camera rewinding only based on a "0" showing up on the screen or do you know of anything else that accredits the rewind theory?
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If the film was fully rewound into the cassette, your first 28 shots are most likely safe. Once the film is back inside its light-tight canister, taking more pictures would not affect those earlier frames.
The bigger question is whether the film actually rewound. A frame counter showing 0 does not by itself prove that happened. If the camera only partially rewound or there was some other issue, shooting again could cause double exposures on frames that were still out of the cassette.
Since you have not opened the camera back, that is good—opening it in normal light could ruin any film still outside the canister. The safest next step is to stop shooting that roll and have it checked or developed. In short: if it truly rewound, the 28 images should still develop; if it did not fully rewind, some frames may have been exposed again.
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