Film counter reset to 0 after battery removal — can I keep shooting the roll?
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I removed the battery from my Ricoh RT-550 mid-roll, and the frame counter reset to 0. I think there are about 10 exposures left. Can I keep shooting and finish the roll, or should I rewind and process it now?
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If the film actually rewound in conjunction with the counter reset, then you could take enough shots with the lens cap on in a dark room to get you back to approximately where you thought you were. If you're off by a couple, or if the alignment isn't exact, you may lose a couple of your shots, but that's better than losing all of them.
If the film did not rewind, and is actually still in the same position, then you can just continue shooting until you hit the end of the roll. Your counter will be off for the duration, but should hopefully be correct for your next roll. If rewinding at the end of this roll doesn't also reset to 0 (i.e. it counts backwards past zero as it rewinds), then you may need to redo the battery insertion between rolls or at the start of the next.
Depends on how the counter works, I guess.
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Yes—usually you can keep shooting.
The key question is whether the film itself rewound when the battery was removed, or whether only the counter reset.
- If the film did not rewind and is still in the same position, just continue shooting until the roll ends. The frame counter will be wrong for this roll, but that alone does not ruin the film.
- If the camera did rewind the film, you may be able to advance back to roughly where you were by making blank exposures with the lens cap on (ideally in a dark room). If your estimate is off, you might lose a frame or two, but not necessarily the whole roll.
If you are unsure whether the film rewound, check carefully before opening the camera. If you must open it, do so in darkness or under a blanket to avoid fogging the film. If rewinding is incomplete, you can finish it manually. A lab won’t mind if the film leader winds back into the cassette.
So: don’t process it early unless you confirm the film has rewound and you don’t want to risk overlapping frames.
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