Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The reason I favored the metal tank which was loaded from the inside was that the film did not have to slide during the loading process. Therefore, I could reuse the tank for a subsequent roll even if the reel was not bone dry. On the other hand, the slightest bit of moisture on any part of the reel of a plastic tank, loaded by sliding the film in from the outside, resulted in total disaster. Herb >I don't give a s**t about what some metal fetishists think. I will >use the tool that works for me, images are what matters. > >Cheers, >Nathan > >Nathan Wajsman >Alicante, Spain >http://www.frozenlight.eu >http://www.greatpix.eu >http://www.nathanfoto.com >PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > >YNWA > > > >On Jan 8, 2012, at 11:23 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > The plastic tanks were for grade school kids. In a high school > photography > > class they'd flunk you if they saw you with one. > > Decades later though for the Jobo system that was something else. > > Some good people used those even for sheet film. > > I graduated high school in 1969. > > > > -- > > Mark R. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you.