Film roll rewound after 4 exposures — can I reload it without double exposing frames?
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I loaded a fresh roll into a 1997 Canon Sure Shot Owl, but after only 4–5 shots the camera rewound the film back into the canister as if the roll was finished. When I first loaded it, the film did not seem to advance properly until I pulled the leader out a bit farther.
Can I reload this same roll and keep shooting the rest of it? If so, how do I avoid double exposing the first few frames that may already have been shot?
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If what happened is as you reported, i.e. only 4 frames exposed, you likely will be OK shooting the remainder. This is because the film cassette is light proof thus is protects the yet to be exposed film. Re-load, fire off 6 frames and then shoot.
One can never be quite positive about such things, something might not be as reported. If it were me, I would keep this rolls as sacrificial test roll. You can practice loading and rewinding etc. The decision to use this roll is based on how valuable the images you are about to take are to you.
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Yes — if only the first 4 or 5 frames were exposed, the rest of the film inside the cassette should still be protected from light, since the canister is light-tight.
You can reload the roll, then advance past the already-shot frames before taking new photos. A simple approach is to reload it and fire off about 6 blank frames, then continue shooting normally. That gives you a buffer so you’re less likely to double expose the earlier images.
That said, if the camera had trouble feeding the film in the first place, there is some uncertainty about exactly what happened. If the photos you plan to take are important, it may be safer to treat this roll as a test roll and use it to confirm the camera is loading and advancing properly before trusting it with anything critical.
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