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# A beginner’s guide to 35mm film
- URL: https://millie.ghost.preview.themeanax.com/videos/film-35mm-for-beginners/
- Published: 2026-05-01T08:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T05:50:33.000Z
- Description: 15 min
- Author: Millie Hart
- Tags: Photography, #video, #Import 2026-10-24 10:34

Teo Crawford’s beginner’s guide is the film I send to anyone who has just found an old camera at the back of a parent’s cupboard. He walks through loading a roll, what ISO and box speed actually mean, how a light meter thinks, and why you should never open the back halfway through.

He talks like a friend who happens to know a great deal, and his own example frames have exactly the grain and colour you’re hoping to get yourself.

## Why I keep rewatching it

Most days I shoot digital on the X100V, but once a month I put a roll through an old film camera for [One Roll a Month](https://millie.ghost.preview.themeanax.com/projects/one-roll-a-month/). I rewatch this before every new roll, mostly to remind myself to check that the rewind knob is turning as I wind on. I have already lost one roll to impatience. Teo’s calm voice is a good antidote to my habit of rushing to the last frame.