How to Use Old Camera Film
- 1). Open your camera's back and drop the expired film cartridge into the slot.
- 2). Pull the film leader, which is the piece of film protruding from the cartridge, across the camera back and insert into the slot on the take-up spool.
- 3). Advance the film to that the sprocket teeth near the take-up spool engage the film's perforations and close the camera back. If you're using a battery-powered automatic camera, simply close the camera back and allow the motor to advance the film.
- 4). Add an extra stop of exposure to all of your shots made on the expired film. For example, if you're using an aperture, or lens opening, of f/11 with a shutter speed of f/250, open your lens to a wider f/8 or slow your shutter to f/125. The extra light helps to compensate for speed loss and other imperfections in the film's emulsion.
- 5). Rewind the film once the roll has been finished and develop it as you normally would.
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