Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Plastic reels are inexpensive - buy extras :) On Nov 21, 2004, at 11:06 PM, Jim Hemenway wrote: > And, with a little practice, you can easily re-load wet/damp steel > reels. Next to impossible with those made of plastic. > > Jim > > > SonC@aol.com wrote: > >> In a message dated 11/21/2004 8:21:14 PM Central Standard Time, >> jefferys@gmail.com writes: >> Steel 120 reels give me absolute fits. I keep going back to Patterson. >> I haven't loaded a reel in maybe ten years, but I could do it >> perfectly tomorrow, all day if it were a steel reel. The trick is to >> cup the film ever so slightly, and just start rolling the reel in >> your hand, keeping the cup. Try it in hte light a few times, and >> you'll be an expert. The steel ones don't get smelly and ugly like >> the plastic ones do. >> Regards, Sonny >> http://www.sonc.com >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane >> ?galit?, libert?, crawfish >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >