Re: Sputnik S.O.S. ...---...

[Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Robert
>I had been doing that unknowingly because the springs seem to
>easily go that way in my Sputnik.  It is when I get to frame 11 it
>starts getting more difficult.  Frame 12 is murder!  My friends
>*had* been teasing me about how much time it takes me to wind the
>film.  Saturday I handed the Sputnik over to one of the teasers and
>said "you try it".  He tried it, muttered an expletive, and said he
>admired how hard I had to work to use that camera and that he
>wouldn't bother.  The rest of the afternoon was "tease free".
>Someone suggested I try spraying oil on the winder to loosen it
>up.  Might help.
>Brenda

  Removing the advance knob and cleaning off
the old grease and relubing may help, but it
only affects the amount of drag you feel when
turning the knob with no film inside.

  The force getting higher as you get to higher
frames makes it seem like the spring on the
take-up side is in the wrong place.

  Does the force required drop way down when you
finish the roll and the supply spool unthreads?
If so, the the supply spool is the problem (I don't
believe this is likely).

  There is some disagreement about which way the
takeup spool spring should be. I haven't shot with
my Sputnik recently but I think I do it different
than Robert suggests:
http://www.skep.com/3d/SputnikTakeup.gif

  Perhaps they changed the springs over time and
the correct position for these springs is different
in different cameras... Maybe?

Greg