Hi Richard, > There must somewhere be repair manuals for these > cameras which show the mechanism. It would be useful to know > exactly how the camera meters the film. That would certainly > answer any questions about uneven spacing and what could > cause it. I've taken this mechanism apart quite a few times to clean and repair it, but it has been a while. The regulation is done using a catch and a disk that has notches in it's periphery at graduated spacings. I do remember someone on the internet having pictures of this mechanism, and perhaps a search may turn this source up. Regards, Austin --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list