Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 16/8/00 3:48 pm, Tim Spragens at t.spragens@cityweb.de wrote: >> From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> >> >> ... I'm doing metal tanks and reels > > Who makes these anymore? I used to use Nikor and Olympus > cans, but all I see these days are plastic. I think B&H had some > generic cans, but are they any good? Kaiser still make metal tanks. As for reels, the BEST IN THE WORLD are Hewes. They're just fantastic, really heavy guage and almost impossible to misload due to a brilliant centre clip design. They are sold in the US under some stupid name like 'Golden Wonder' that sounds like a Chinese restaurant but the importer is Jobo Fototechnic. There was also a posting about a year ago on the darkroom NG about a new customised version of the reel which would work with Jobo cans. The product number was 1565 and the guy who posted the info was 'ken' of Jobo (www.jobo-usa.com). - -- Johnny Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com