Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/22

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Subject: [Leica] steel reels
From: sdp35 at cwazy.co.uk (Craig Zeni)
Date: Mon Nov 22 05:54:25 2004
References: <be.1c571180.2ed2a96a@aol.com> <41A165E2.7020909@Hemenway.com>

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
>>
>
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