I believe you have a more serious problem, but first make sure you do not
put the film leader clear through the slot when you put the film in the
camera. This causes an oval rather than round take-up which rubs when the
end of the roll is near.
gregg
>As far as I can see, the film tension on
>the take up side doesn't seem to be properly maintained and so when I get
>close to the end of a roll the exposed film coil is not as compact as it
>should be which causes the section of film behind the shutter to slip on
>the sprockets as the wind-on lever is turned. This happens with manual
>wind-on and also with the winder 2. When I tried it with an MD2, it worked
>perfectly with no film loaded but the motor refused to wind at all when I
>put a film in, suggesting that with a film loaded the wind-on action
>becomes too stiff. To me it does feel stiffer than other comparable OM
>bodies. I'm pretty sure it's not my loading technique because it has never
>happened with any other OMs and when I check these with a test roll, the
>film is tightly wound onto the take up spool at the end of the roll. Does
>anyone have any ideas or does the camera just need serviced?
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