P3D TDC and overlapping

[Micheleflp@xxxxxxx]

 Paul Talbot wrote
>Don't know about the thickness, but I seem to recall the conclusion
>in earlier discussions being that Kodachrome is "slippery-er" than
>retail-packaged E-6.  Thus, it is less likely to exhibit overlap
>problems caused by weakening advance mechanisms.


I saw this message about overlap but never saw the original post.  I have a
TDC Colorist II that I just love but have noticed over the last year or so a
persistent problem.  I am hoping someone here will know what it is.

Sometimes I notice when I am just about to push down on the shutter button, I
will hear/feel a slip - like the mechanism anticipated me taking the picture -
it sounds as though the film slipped backwards onto already taken frames.
Maybe I'm just imagining what it sounds like, but when I get the roll
developed, often times I will see pictures/frame overlapping .  

Also, when I am at the end of the roll, I rewind the film - only to find that
when I open the back, its not rewound and I've exposed the film. The camera
rewind knob has a certain freedom of tension that you feel when it is rewound
- the knob feels that way, but when I get the back open, alas, it is not
rewound. Does anyone on this list familiar with this camera and/or this
problem?

I usually shoot with Fuji Provia 100 speed film, if that is of any use but
have occasionally used the Kodachrome and I don't know if it only happened on
those Kodachrome rolls or if it has happened on the Provia rolls as well.

Forgive me if this topic has already been covered.  

- Michele Galassi
Member of Stereo Club of So. Calif.
Micheleflp@xxxxxxx


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