double exposure in ZI

[Assaf]

Anybody seen it?
It happened to me a few times, and I think always after relatively long exposures (1/15 or 1/8). I attached two examples.
It's really annoying....
Anybody had it? Fixed it?

Thanks
Assaf

 

[payasam]

Obviously a defect, Assaf: and I don't think shutter speed can have anything to do with it.

 

[Sam N]

Make sure your index finger isn't hitting the rewind button on the bottom of the camera. It's probably more likely to happen when trying to handhold slow exposures since it's a stable way to hold the camera.

I've only had it happen once out of many rolls and I'm pretty sure I accidentally tapped the rewind button while winding on.

 

[mfogiel]

The frame on the left is caused by pressing the rewind button before recocking, the frame on the right is caused by a hasty and incomplete advance of the previous frame.

 

[sircarl]

I've noticed that I sometimes get double exposures when I wind on too fast. In fact, the user manual specifically warns against this. Yes, the ZI isn't perfect. (Just very close.)

 

[jonmanjiro]

It's happened to me a few times. I suspected that I advanced the film too fast, but wasn't sure. I'll take more care from now on.

 

[Keith]

I reckon film advance is the Ikon's only minor weak point ... mine has never been all that consistent in it's spacing between frames and when I first got it it would tighten up when advancing every now and then. It stopped doing this after about ten rolls but the irregular spacing has never improved!

 

[DGA]

I reckon film advance is the Ikon's only minor weak point ... mine has never been all that consistent in it's spacing between frames and when I first got it it would tighten up when advancing every now and then. It stopped doing this after about ten rolls but the irregular spacing has never improved!

Same here, I have exactly the same phenomena.
But since it is a minor issue to me I just leave with it happily.
Still, after more than 200 rolls, I haven't experienced the double-exposure problem, as Assaf is showing.
Can't it be a defect in the camera?
I think a serious testing should be conducted, just to eliminate the by-user assumptions.

 

[Assaf]

OK, I'll have a look to see if it's not a user problem. Maybe I touched the rewind knob or blocked the rewind wheel somehow?
I must say that I never experienced such a thing with any other manual film advance camera, and I used a few.

 

[papasnap]

on a side note, I kinda like the first one 🙂

 

[photony texas]

Am I the only one who INTENTIONALLY double exposes with his Ikon ZM???
😎
I just love this camera, it is a fantastic Value for the money.

 

[lawa]

I also want to make double exposures with my Ikon, but I haven't figured out how --- until now!