Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Hewes reels revisited
From: Bill Satterfield <cwsat@istate.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:50:24 -0600
References: <NBBBIDNIGLFOKNLJCPLHGEONFGAA.danh@selectsa.com>

Get you some Kindermen reels and a loader------foolproof!

Dan Honemann wrote:

> Okay, fellow Hewes fans,
>
> Please send me any and all tips you have for loading these reels.  I've
> already mangled two rolls, and now I'm gun shy (never had any problems with
> the plastic reels).
>
> The problem for me is getting tactile feedback on the loading in the dark:
> the only way I know I've botched it (typically) is if it gets stuck, or if I
> wind up running out of reel before all of the film is loaded.  In both
> cases, I find it impossible to recover.
>
> I've been practicing to the point where I can load my practice roll fairly
> consistently in the light; in the dark, it's still a 50-50 proposition for
> me, which isn't nearly good enough.  I need to get to 100%.
>
> The only tip I know is to curve the film slightly between thumb and
> forefinger of the right hand while turning the reel in the left.  Any other
> magical method I don't know about besides just doing this a thousand times
> till I get more comfortable with it?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan

Replies: Reply from Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> (RE: [Leica] OT: Hewes reels revisited)
In reply to: Message from "Dan Honemann" <danh@selectsa.com> ([Leica] OT: Hewes reels revisited)