Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Loading Patterson reels OT
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 15:26:49 -0400

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.
>
>