Loud grinding noise when I "****" the film
I recently found this camera in my father's closet, he gave it to me.
I loaded the film the first time, and it worked fine, but the negatives came bakc blank.
I asked my photography teacher to load the film properly.
Now when I move the arm to advance the film, it makes an awful grin ding noise.
I don't know a whole lot about cameras as you can tell, but I am very intrested in film and want to do this correctly.
Please, please help me.
I loaded the film the first time, and it worked fine, but the negatives came bakc blank.
I asked my photography teacher to load the film properly.
Now when I move the arm to advance the film, it makes an awful grin ding noise.
I don't know a whole lot about cameras as you can tell, but I am very intrested in film and want to do this correctly.
Please, please help me.
Photography - Pentax - K1000 35mm SLR Camera
Answers & Comments
Kyle_walsh,
does this noise happen with film loaded or all the time?
this could be a broken gear or the take-up spool is slipping. with the film door opened advance the lever and check if the take up spool is turning. if not turning then a gear is broken. if the spool is turning then the spool is slipping.
there are no new parts available for the K1000, however some camera repair shops have good used parts that can be used.
the take-up spool was one of the very few weak parts of the K1000, you can make a temp. repair if you want.
on the take-up spool push down lightly on the gear like wheel and rotate the spool you should see a hairline crack under where the film is inserted. check both sides. if you find the crack put a very small amount of super glue on the crack using a tooth pick or similar tool. this works 80% of the time.
if you take or send your K1000 to a camera repair shop get an estimate first.