RE: [Leica] RE: Back to back, belly to belly

[Richard Edwards <REdwards@Vetronix.com>]

This is such a death-before-dishonor way
to load reels that I must try it once just
to say I've done it.

I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

What about washing and water-spot issues?
This seems to be where you'd want to get
at the base with as much fluid as possible.
Maybe there are fewer deposits on the back
to begin with?

- -A-L

NO ARCHED EYES

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jim Brick [SMTP:jim_brick@agilent.com]
> Sent:	Friday, February 23, 2001 7:51 AM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	[Leica] RE:  Back to back, belly to belly
> 
> At 09:28 AM 2/23/01 -0500, Austin Franklin wrote:
> >
> >
> >> The real test of film loading ability is loading 2 rolls back to
> >> back on the
> >> same reel....
> >
> >Do you mean adjacent, as in side by side, like touching?  Why would you
> want
> >to do that?
> 
> No, sorry, that's a song...
> 
> Back-to-back is just that! Back-to-back. The base of one film against the
> bast of the other. Plastic against plastic.
> 
> Simple... You get double the numbers of rolls per run.
> 
> This is a method used in nearly every (all that I knew) serious
> (commercial) darkroom since the beginning of tanks and reels. I used it
> frequently back when I used D-76/HC-110/Clayton P60/etc... years ago and I
> was shooting tons of B&W commercial work. I used it equally successfully
> with Ektachrome back in the 60's when I had a big big job for a huge slide
> presentation.
> 
> While at Brooks, with limited personal resources, I had a single 500ml
> Nikor tank, two 35mm reels and one 120 reel. Running film back-to-back was
> routine for me and most of my colleagues. Either that or spend an
> inordinate amount of time processing film. And 120 works back-to-back.
> Tricky to load with thin B&W films (Pan-X, KB-14, Isopan IFF, etc...,) but
> works just fine. The thick stuff (Royal-X Pan) was easier.
> 
> Jim
> 
> NO UV