Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hats off to you for revealing something so hideously embarassing about yourself! ;-) dan c. At 01:08 PM 03-05-01 -0600, John Collier wrote: >In which the author revels just how ignorant he is. > >As you all know I have been doing my own B&W processing this last little >while and I have appreciated all the advice from this list. I have had, >however, one nagging problem with loading my Patterson reels (my apologies >to all you who feel this is heresy). Finally I loaded the darn things in the >light with a practice roll. My problem was, other than the obvious, with >loading the reel and having the film curling against the curvature of the >reel channels. Now that I have started loading with the film curling in the >same direction as the curvature of the reel it is slick and fast. > >I hesitated posting this for obvious reasons but maybe someone out there was >dropped on their heads as often as I was in my youth. > >