If the film winding wheel turns freely, you can proceed to the camera disassemble. 2. Carefully cut the plastic. 3. Pick up the latch of the camera from film winding wheel side. 4. Open the lid, where is stored with the film's cassette. 5. Move the battery cover and remove it. Blocking Reflections. One way is to block the actual refection. We can do that with a flag or hanging some dark material which on a filmset is usually duvateen. Here I’ll hang the duve on a grip arm setup horizontally. I’ll twist the spring clamps back so they don’t reflect as well or paper tape them. If you have a broken film SLR camera, you can also remove the lens, stick an LED or small keychain light inside, put the lens back on and you’ve got a film camera night light. Old cameras are Firstly, you should re-insert the dark slide – the slide that ejects when you first insert your film – over the top of the pack’s frame. By doing this you will cover the first picture and prevent your film from being exposed to light when you remove the pack from the camera. The dark slide is the key to switching film packs. First, set the rewind release control to the position shown in the photograph above. You do this by turning it counter clockwise. This control disengages the sprocket wheels in the film compartment so that the film can move freely. Then, use the rewind crank and turn it clockwise. The film should wind back into its canister easily. To take out film from a camera, first, press and hold the film release button. Next, turn the rewind crank in the direction of the arrow until you feel the film disengage from the take-up spool. Then, open the camera back and remove the film canister. Be careful not to touch the exposed film. 3. Posted: Mar 15, 2021. Options. You could use pretty much anything to take it off actually. Those lenses can’t be scraped by something steel so I would just use a pocket knife and just kinda stab into it at an angle and lift up. That should pull the entire “protector” without scraping the camera. A few days ago when I was charging the battery in my Ring doorbell I noticed that the “plastic film “ on the front of the camera was cracked and peeling off. Ive had the product for 3 years now so this is not the film that protects the camera when shipped. This is a hard plastic film. This does affect the night vision in the camera so en4vb.