P3D Film Overlap

[Hatfieldme@xxxxxxx]

I suppose I should have known that I couldn't hold my little Realist 
completely at fault for the recent problems I have been having. Let me tell 
you what I have found and what I suspect with regards to my image overlap 
problem. Got another roll of film back from the lab today and unfortunately 
not a single pair on the roll that I cared to mount. Most were just mediocre 
pictures but a quite a few suffered from the overlap problem, some as much as 
1perf! The roll in question was shot before I took time to lubricate the 
cameras inner workings. Before the lubrication I had noticed that the film 
advance seemed stiff, and so I was putting a little more muscle than normal 
into each advance. So on todays roll not only were there overlaps, but in at 
least three places I could see where the film sprockets were stressed. So I 
sat down with my trusty Dr T Realist books and started from the beginning to 
try and decide what I could be doing wrong. It didnt take long for me to find 
what I believe to be the problem. I had been in the habit of advanceing the 
film by pressing the film advance button with my right thumb, releasing it, th
en advancing the film. This rather than follow the good Dr's clear 
instruction to hold the button in for the first quarter turn of the knob, a 
two handed operation! Although I haven't run a roll of film through the 
camera since enlightening myself I am sure that merely following the 
instructions as written will at least minimize the problem. I will be sure 
and report back my findings, hopefully this will solve the problem.
Respectfully Submitted:
Mark H