In a message dated 6/3/01 11:33:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Thanks George. I'm waiting for mine to start acting up again. I can't open my camera right now as there is film in it... Does the white roller interact in anyway with the pressure plate to hold the film uniformly flat? Tom C. >> Tom, Short answer. -- I do not think so. The photograher at the museum where I work sold cameras for several years and he agrees with me on this. Long answer. (Probably more infmation then you want or need) -- The roller I am talking about is attached to the back of the camera by a piece of spring steel (I assume stainless) that is about 1/2 inch wide and 3/4 inch long. This spring is attached to the back by a single Phillips head screw. There are also two plastic knobs that help position this spring. The spring passes under a rod with two plastic rollers on it (see paragraph marked with a *). The roller on this spring is next to the hinge side of the back and presses against the film over the take-up reel. Given it's position I think it is to aid in holding the film to the spool to assist with the initial uptake of film when it is loaded. As I said in my earlier post, removal of this spring does mean you have to be more careful in loading film. You have to make sure the film holes match the sprockets on the take-up reel. Please remember I have only seen two rolls of film that have gone through my camera since I removed the spring but I can say that the scratching problem stopped when I took the spring off. * The two rollers on the rod that is above the spring discussed above probably do assist in holding film flat. I am not suggesting that these rollers be removed. I hope this helps. George Baumgardner - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
