How to use a film camera: Canon

Hello everyone! Today I am going to teach you all how to use the Canon film camera. This is the first camera I got to handle myself because this is what I learned in my photo classes in school. I have used a regular digital camera before but it wasn't all for myself. In our photo class we get to borrow theses cameras for a day or a weekened and we give them back the next school day. There are others types of film cameras and they are all a little different. If you guys want me to make a blog post about the other cameras please comment below. 

Disclarmer: I do not own one of these cameras. If you would like to buy one yourself I know they sell them online for $100+. 

 This is the top view of the camera. You can see that there are 3 sections to it. There is a left a right and the lens area.

This is the left side of the camera. This part is important becuase this how you put the film in. Remerber this is a FILM camera. You have to put the film in manually and take the film out manually.

To open the back and put in film you have to flick up the lever and pull it up. 

After you opened the back it should look something like this. As you can see there is the view finder on the top. You put in your film cartridge on the right and slid your film across and into the left side. 

If you want a more indetailed explanation in how to put in film then comment below. 

This is the right side of the camera. Here is has the shutter speed settings and the shutter button. There is also a dial to show what how many pictures you have taken. 

This is the shutter release button. This is to take the pictures. 

This lever is to advance to the next shot after taking a pictures. You must pull this after every picture you take. If you don't the shutter button will not click. 

This area of the camera is the lens. 

The top area is for focusing. You turn it left or right to get the picture in focus. You mush focus the picture as you are looking through the view finder. 

I took this picture with my phone so it is not a very good picture but hopefully you can still see it.

To focus your image well you have to use the circle in the middle. What you have to do is line up the picture on the horizontal line in the middle of the circle. Turn the focus ring left and right until the image you are looking at is clear. This is hard to explain in words but once you take a few pictures and practice you will get the hang of it.

The bottom part of the lens is the aperture setters. This will determine how much light you are letting into the lens. 22 is the smallest amount of light and 1.8 is the most amount of light. If it is dark outside, then you should have your aperture on the lowest settings. 

There is a needle on the side when you look through the view finder. There will be a needle that will move up and down when you half click the shutter button. This makes it easy becuase you can stay on one shutter speed the whole time and just change your aperture. 

So yeah, using a film camera might seem hard but the more practice you get using the camera the easier it will get. I know my explaination wasn't the best but I hope it helped you guys or anyone who wants to do/try film photography. 

If you would like me to talk more about film photograohy or post some of my work then comment below. 

Thanks for reading and I'll see you at my next exposure. 

-Jessica

(Note: If you see any grammar or spelling mistakes please comment below and I will fix them as soon as I can. )