Originally posted by Tom.Hawthorne well i took the first photo then i pressed the film rewind release button on the bottom of the camera and then i cocked the rapid-wind lever and then i took the other photo if that helps??
"Three-finger method" which I always think sounds pleasantly naughty...
Press in the release button on the bottom,
clamp another finger over the rewind lever on the left side so it can't move, & use the 3rd finger to cock the shutter. Take picture #2.
After you take your 2nd picture, cock the shutter again, normally.
Put the lens cap on & click the shutter again. That next shutter-cocking re-engages the sprockets & pops the release button back out. You'll have half a blank frame between this shot & the next one.
If you don't do that, when you take the next picture it will overlap half of the previous one.
Also when doing double exposures make sure you have allowed for extra light hitting the film -- you need to give each shot
half the exposure. So for example if you're doing 2 shots, on 200 ISO film, an easy way to do it is to set your ISO dial to 400 & follow the light meter. Don't forget to change it back when you're done! Or, you can just underexpose each by one stop. If you're putting 3 exposures on the frame, (I think) you give each 1/3 of the light.
Sorry if you know that already... I just wonder if you maybe changed that ISO dial & then forgot to change it back when you shot the rest of the roll?
None of this helps if you really have a light leak, but I wanted to post the double-exposure thing because they can be fun & I hope you won't be put off trying more.
I use the "3 finger method" all the time to put moons in my night shots. I do multiples less often, so I tend to forget, do I multiply the ISO by 3, for example, or do I double it 3 times...?
Anyway, hope that helps a little.
And yes, I use a K1000
P.S. If you have a bunch of multiple exposures on a roll, don't forget to tell the film lab that the frames will be irregularly spaced, & to cut them
carefully. Otherwise, they may blindly chop away at 4 frames' worth of space & cut your pix in half.