Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In reference to cutting film to make for loading easier: I've run so many thousand of rolls of film in 35 years. Early on i took to the philosophy of only using scissors when i really need them. Especially in the dark. I may have picked that trick up at a black and white custom printing lab i once worked at I learned to tear my film straight across. I don't know loading 16 rolls of film takes a long time. I often do this with two 2 liter tanks which hold 8 35mm reels each reaching for sizzlers 16 times adds a bit of time to the while lights off deal. I say try to learn to pass on it. In may day metal reels were what the big boys used. Somebody in the class who appeared to be extremely "challenged" would be allowed to forego metal and fool around with plastic. They'd never be a photographer someday anyway. Jobo has changed all that perhaps. But if i ever went Jobo I'd stick to metal. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html