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How is a film camera used to take pictures?

With the development of science and technology and the progress of information technology, the electronics industry is constantly upgrading, such as smart phones, laptops and cameras to be launched next. Now the camera industry is constantly upgrading, bringing forth the old and bringing forth the new, but some people still like old cameras and film cameras to take pictures, which is retro and nostalgic. Some new cameras may not achieve this effect. Then someone will ask, how to use the film camera? Let's introduce how to use it!

Brief introduction of film camera:

Film cameras, which are traditional cameras, are divided into monocular cameras and binocular cameras. Film cameras only use negatives. Therefore, in terms of cost, consumers need to buy negatives, develop them into photos, and also need to develop negatives and photographic paper. Calculate the cost of each roll of film, about 60 yuan, if it is a positive film, about 40 yuan.

There is not much difference in working principle between digital camera and film camera. Both of them form an object image on the focal plane through the lens.

Viewing the use of film camera from film SLR camera;

Step 1: coil loading

SingleLensReflex is the most popular framing lens at present. General film shooting length is 35mm and width is 35mm. First, the SLR camera will be placed flat on your hand according to your general shooting posture, and then you will find that there is a toggle switch in your right hand, which can be moved down. After the fluctuation is over, open the back cover, put the film box at the left end, pull out the film parallel to the rightmost reel for alignment, and then close the back cover, so that you can hear the sound of film rolling.

Step 2: Rewind the tape.

The film SLR camera will automatically rewind when it takes 36 shots, and the motor sound is very long. Generally, after the motor sound stops completely, you can open the back cover and then develop the film.

Step 3: The old manual film SLR camera.

At present, all films are EOS films, which can be loaded automatically. In the past, the old manual type needed to be installed by itself. Press the rewind button, then turn the rewind button and press the ASA/ISO icon with a little force.

Well, that's a brief introduction to the use of film cameras. I hope that for those who like film cameras, you can try the introductory method. However, if you want to use a film camera, it is often more troublesome to load the film, which is also a problem that we should learn how to load the film when learning to use the film camera. Then, in order to take beautiful and retro photos, we can also try how to load the film and how to use the film camera.