Canon P - film stuck in camera - help?

[januaryman]

Well, I was about to take another shot at frame #26 (thinking I had 36) when the shutter would not move. Uh oh, I guess I had a 24 roll in there. So I turned the film release knob away from A as I've always done, lifted the rewind know and turned. Nothing. Tight. Turning it in the opposite direction (loosening the film) works, but it is stuck. So the shutter is jammed, the advance lever moves smoothly without ever actually advancing the film, and I can't do anything to get it to move.

I guess I'm asking for a bit of help here. Any ideas?

 

[stesm]

No need to lose the roll. Even if the camera is stuck in advance, the take-up spool will roll in reverse allowing you to remove the film in a bag or the dark.Does the advance lever move freely in rewind mode?

 

[januaryman]

No need to lose the roll. Even if the camera is stuck in advance, the take-up spool will roll in reverse allowing you to remove the film in a bag or the dark.Does the advance lever move freely in rewind mode?

Yes, the advance lever moves freely in rewind mode, but not when I set it back to "A" -- Is that good?

 

[shimo-kitasnap]

oh I had the same problem, try setting it back to A, and then really push on the advance lever until you hear it pop, then switch back to rewind and rewind the film back into the cassette. This happened to me when I was shooting a 36 shot roll and it jammed on frame 26 or thereabouts. I couldn't understand why it did it though.

If all else fails, turn the lights off and open the back, roll the film on to a developing reel and put it in a tank, then turn the lights back on.

 

[januaryman]

shimo-kitasnap, I did try your method and it seemed to be working, then just got jammed again. I guess I'll need to find a very dark room and try to get the film wound back in the canister. I'd hate to lose these shots. First problem with the P.

Thanks to all for your suggestions.

 

[Bill58]

Why don't you just go into the dark room, put the roll of film in two sealed black plastic bags out of the canister and carry it into the lab that way--rather than trying to get it back into the canister. Then try to deal with the stuck mechanism after that.

 

[januaryman]

Well, I DID open it up in the dark, pulled the film free and was able to rather easily get it back in the canister. Glad I was able to save the film as it had some very good (to me) shots - Now I need to see if t he film jamming was a fluke or something more ominous. I noticed the film canister had a "dent" near the lip and I'm hoping that was the cause.

Thank you all for the suggestions.

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