Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gerry: I noticed this with M cameras because of the kink they put in the first few inches of film. It is like you said, they wind the film emulsion out onto the takeup to get it flatter. I found that if I just cut off more of the leader it is no longer a problem. I have not noticed this with my R cameras though. Regards, Robert At 04:53 PM 9/22/99 EDT, Gwpics@aol.com wrote: >Since moving to Leica cameras I have had problems loading my film on to >standard Paterson spirals. At first I thought it was because the spirals were >old os I bought new ones with no change. I then read that wetting agent can >make them sticky so I thoroughly washed them in a de-tarring solution, still >with no effect. And so the saga continues. I think I have tried everything, >and I would stress that i am no newcomer to this game, I have been deving my >own film for about 40 years. > >I have come to the conclusion that it is caused by the adverse wind of the >film in the take up spool and that the film needs around 12 hours or so back >in its cassette to recover. > >Has anyone else had similar problems and are there any ways to get over it? > >Gerry > >