Konica Autoreflex film rewind stuck

[simonmattsson]

Hi! Hope that this is the right section of the forums.

I just finished a roll of film in my Konica Autoreflex TC.
I pushed the film rewind button on the bottom of the camera, and then started rewinding. The tension got super tight pretty much instantly and I am afraid that the film will snap if I use force to wind it further. This have never happened before.
Does anyone know what the problem might be? Really don't want to lose this roll. Any advice would be appreciated!

 

[Theo Sulphate]

Hello - welcome to APUG!

You may need to hold the rewind button in as you rewind. I know you're supposed to be able to press it in just once and it'll stay that way, but I've encountered instances where I've needed to hold it in for the first few turns of the rewind lever.

 

[simonmattsson]

Hello - welcome to APUG!

You may need to hold the rewind button in as you rewind. I know you're supposed to be able to press it in just once and it'll stay that way, but I've encountered instances where I've needed to hold it in for the first few turns of the rewind lever.

Thank you very much!
I've tried that and unfortunately it didn't work. To make sure that I was on the last frame I started taking shots again afterwards and the shutter sounds just like normal even if the indicator is on the dot after frame 36. Is it supposed to be that way? Sorry if I'm asking obvious questions, this is my third roll ever.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

You may be able to advance a frame or two past 36, but you should eventually feel tension on the wind lever once you reach the end of the roll. When you feel that, don't wind any further - just press the button and rewind.

The one way to be certain that film is advancing is to look at the rewind lever. When you wind the film, the rewind lever should rotate thereby indicating that film is moving.

Anyway, at this point I would not advance the film any further with the wind lever.

Are you able to press the button in at all? If so, can you rewind with the button held in at the same time? If not, your only solution may be to go into a closet in complete darkness, open the back, and try to rewind the film back into the cassette. What I'm worried about even in this case is that the take up spool (where the exposed film is) won't turn freely to let you rewind.

 

[John Koehrer]

Long shot. Is/was the film inserted correctly?
Once or twice I've seen it with the light trap facing up, this causes tension when the film comes out
of the cartridge. When it's rewound the additional tension vs the small rewind lever = difficulty unloading.

 

[simonmattsson]

I couln't get it out so I went in to a pitch black room, opened the back and was able to wind the film into the roll. I reeaaally hope (and think) that the negatives are ok. Thanks for the help, very much appreciated!

 

[Theo Sulphate]

I couln't get it out so I went in to a pitch black room, opened the back and was able to wind the film into the roll. I reeaaally hope (and think) that the negatives are ok. Thanks for the help, very much appreciated!

That's good news; let us know if the negatives are ok.

In the meantime, can you confirm with the back open that operating the wind lever causes both the take-up spool and the sprocket shaft to rotate? Can you also confirm that when you press in the rewind button that this allows the sprocket shaft to turn freely in the reverse (rewind) direction?

 

[AgX]

I couldn't get it out so I went in to a pitch black room, opened the back and was able to wind the film into the roll. I reeaaally hope (and think) that the negatives are ok. Thanks for the help, very much appreciated!

Whatever the cause for the stuck rewinding was, you did the right thing:
Opening the back in the dark, taking out the cassette, so that the film comes off the (likely arrested) sprocket wheel, and pull it off the take-up spool.
Non-motorized SLRs have a take-up spool that is connected to the sprocket wheel just by a friction clutch. (Basically that take-up spool could be arrrested too, though that is very unlikely.)

Welcome to Apug!