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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
05-25-2007, 10:54 AM
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I may be able to give more info on what the camera is doing later this week. I've loaded another roll of film in it and my daughter is taking pics and we're monitoring it. She tells me she thought it was loaded correctly but when she's finished the roll and goes to develop it there is nothing on the film or just a few pics on the film. I thought it was mostly just her being 13 and having no patience and either not loading the film properly or zipping the film advance lever 100mph and making it misfeed but I'm trying to give her the benefit of the doubt and see if any of you knew of other reasons it might be doing this. Pushing the rewind release button COULD be happening inadvertantly - good point. You know .... when you're 13 and using dad's "antique" K-1000 and all the other kids have brand new ones - sometimes the old camera "doesn't work right". Thanks for all the good advice...I'll keep you posted.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
05-18-2007, 07:27 AM
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Thanks so much for all the good advice. I looked at it again last night and when the lever is cranked, the small spool with the feed dogs teeth move at the same rate ast the lever and I can't stop that spool with my finger. That tells me that as long as the film is loaded properly it should be forced to feed onto right side spool even if it doesn't have a great deal of torque...right? I could only see a couple tiny screw heads on the top of the camera body so I didn't dare try getting to the inside of the camera to see if the friction wheel was worn. That's also great advice about winding a full roll with the door open to see what is happening - worth the price of a cheap roll of film just to see.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
05-17-2007, 09:58 AM
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It's commercially wound Kodiac film (not sure of the number) - not rolling their own. I'm afraid it might be getting tired. Do you know if that's a hard thing to repair? I've never tried to open up that part of the camera before and don't know any local camera repair places - I'd have to mail it off. Thanks!
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
05-17-2007, 08:16 AM
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I have a K1000 that my daughter is using for a photography class. I've had the camera since it was new in the '80's and really haven't used it a whole bunch. It has always worked fine until this year when she started using B&W film. It doens't seem to advance the film very well. I've opened it up and the feed dogs don't look worn at all and appears to be working fine. When I hold my finger on the winding spool and crank the film advance lever I am able to stop it from it from moving. Not sure if that's normal or does that mean it's wearing out. It has a good bit of pull but I can stop it with my finger while winding. Do you think that is the problem? I also wondered if the B&W film is just much stiffer than the normal 200 speed color film I usually use??? Maybe she is just not getting it held in the spool well and the stiffness is causing it to not track well and come undone?? Any ideas? Thanks!!:(
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