Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I got so scared about the effects of wetting agents on Jobo reels that I did not dare read all the postings. I have been using wetting agents from the start and never rinsed the reels after use. My twenty year old reels that I keep as back-up at my summer house look as if it would never be possible to reload them. Last night I put them through the dishwasher using the heavy duty program we never use otherwise. They came out looking just like the dishes in the TV commercials! This morning I loaded the films. Easy as pie. I used Xtol and the films were perfectly developed although the soup had been standing here since February. Some of you guys see too many problems everywhere. And you load the reels starting with the wrong part of the film. Push the end end (i.e the one with # 36 etc) of the film in first, it has got nice rounded edges if you cut it off as close as possible to the spool, at least on Delta. Gut Licht everybody - -- christer almqvist eichenstrasse 57, d-20255 hamburg, fon +49-40-407111 fax +49-40-4908440 14 rue de la hauteur, f-50590 regnéville-sur-mer, fon+fax +33-233 45 35 58