Taka, The winder mechanism is directly geared to turn the small roller that engages the sprocket holes. The big roller with the 'Magic Fingers' is just there to take up the slack after the small roller pulls the film across the pressure plate and out of the cassette!
If the interlock between shutter and winder is not broken, then there must be another problem. That little roller which links into the sprocket holes must be turning, but not pulling film out. You can make this happen if you hold the rewind knob and don't let the film get pulled out of the cassette. Sometimes this is a fatal mistake as you rip up the sprocket holes on the film and it cannot be processed. My advice would be, put in new batteries, clean the contacts on the Body and Motor Drive, and clean that rewind knob axel. After that, things should work just fine. Stop worrying about it. (unless perhaps you are winding your own film cassettes?) Regards, Bob S. Taka wrote: >> The weirdest thing is that I had exactly that problem- two rolls had overlapping pictures on the negatives, both rolls only exhibited this at the very end of the roll, one had torn film sprocket holes (I think I was a little forceful in winding when I was trying to get an action sequence and the drive kept hanging up). I have since shot some rolls after those and have not had any problems w/ overlapping shots. Is there anything other than the winder crank shaft that I can lubricate/clean in the camera to make sure everything is moving smoothly? Winding mechanism in the camera is not broken- it does not release the shutter unless the frame is fully wound and the winding action is smooth. Camera is otherwise flawless, seen maybe 40 rolls over its lifetime, bought new in 1985. Taka << - 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 .
