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In the process of rewinding the film back into the canister, the film came off of the canister and I can't seem to insert it back into rewind.
Is the film now ruined, or is there something else I can do about it.
 
If the film came "out" of the cannister and was exposed to daylight, it is ruined. Did you open the camera back and actually get a look at the film? Because if did literally "see" the film itself with the camera opened, that's very,very bad...
 
Wasn't exposed to any day light. Not sure if I understand the second question clearly.. I did see the film with my own eyes when I opened the camera. Opened it because I was wondering why it wasn't rewinding. :(
 
Do you mean that the film came out of the canister?? or did it come loose from the spool? I don't see how film would come out of the canister unless you got ahold of the tail end and accidently pulled it or it somehow got caught on something (although I'm not sure what, I haven't had anything like that happen).

I've accidently popped open the back of a camera before I rewound the film completely and slammed it shut right away so didn't have much of it get exposed. Chances are (a good chance unfortunately) that some frames were exposed while you had the camera open but any film that was already in the canister would probably not have been affected.

Had you rewound the roll much when this happened? I forget what camera you're using.
 
Weird. Never had that happen, and I used to load my own cassettes for years and years.
 
Are you planning on developing this yourself or sending it off to a lab?

If you're developing it yourself, then take the camera into the darkroom, remove the film, and proceed as normal.

if you're sending it to a lab, you probably can't fix this. You'd need to take the camera into a closet (with absolutely no light), take everything out of the camera, take the canister apart, respool the film, and reassemble the canister. However, when you remove the bottom, you're probably going to bend it, which will make it difficult to reassemble properly.
 
This roll sounds like a goner.
 
Wasn't exposed to any day light. Not sure if I understand the second question clearly.. I did see the film with my own eyes when I opened the camera. Opened it because I was wondering why it wasn't rewinding. :(

If you saw the film with your own eyes before it was developed then it was exposed to light.
 
I've accidentally opened a camera back or two, or three, or six....with film all on the takeup spool...usually the first two wraps are totally ruined, but as you go deeper and deeper into the film wound on the 35mm takeup spool, the frames are less affected and not totally ruined. I agree, if you are self-developing, go into the darkroom, or put the camera into your changing bag with the developing tank and film spiral, and wind the film onto the spiral, then put it into the developing tank, cap the tank, and develop the film. You have little to lose, and potentially a lot to gain; maybe you will get an incredible, super-duper awesome light leak frame!

My experience is that FACTORY loaded film has one heck of a strong tape holding the film end to the spool or core inside all brands of 35mm factory-loaded cassettes of film. BULK-loaded stuff OTOH, well, it depends on who did the loading and who taped it on, and if it was taped directly to the spool's CORE of a reloadable 35mm film "cartridge", OR--if it was taped to the tag end of a once-used 35mm film that had been clipped off, and thyen a new bulk load taped ONTO the original tag...I mention this because of the photo you linked us to: that is one cheapskate way to "bulk load" and re-load a factory film load a few times...I have done it many,many times myself.
 
If the film is still in the camera, as Derrel said some if it might be salvageable if it was still wrapped around the spool tightly. If you want to try to get it developed you'd need to get in a completely dark room or use a changing bag to get it out of the camera and into a light tight container (like those used to develop film at home). It depends, some labs may be able to develop it even though it isn't in a cartridge anymore, but probably taking it to a drugstore may not be the best option.

How much of it do you think got rewound before you opened the back of the camera? I'm wondering how much of it might have been exposed to light. I guess it depends on what was on the roll, is it something you really want to try to salvage? or was it just practice and might be better to start over with a fresh roll?

But - figure out why the film didn't rewind properly (and people on here could help you with that). I've never had anything like that happen, that it came totally out of the cartridge. Seems like the film pulled but didn't rewind and you don't want that to happen with your next roll.
 
I've had this happen. Well, not exactly. I've had film shredded by the camera, then opened the back, stared for a minute, then OH SH*T. I'd bet this roll is a loss. Is this a roll for a client? If so, offer a free reshoot and call it film error if that's what really happened. This is why I MAINLY use digital for clients, but have a habit of talking up film with photographically inclined clients and screwing myself into doing their work on film. :lol:
 
I think the goose has flown
 

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