Clone Tool Opacity

After a long break away from Photoshop, I have returned. I now have CS3 running on Mac OS 10.4.11. When I use the clone tool, even though I set the opacity to 100%, the cloned image is substantially lighter than the original. I have tried altering all of the other options in the palette, layers etc. but nothing seems to work. If I clone and reclone, the image gets nearer in density to the original.
Could some kind person suggest what I am doing wrong please?
Thanks
Dennis

Mike,
Thanks very much. When I last used Photoshop 3 there wasn't a flow control!
Many thanks!
regards
Dennis

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