Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting, after years of using nothing but honeywell nikor reels I got a Hewes reel and what a difference! The Nikors are ok, but you have to bee careful when you start and sometimes the film is too long to fit on the reel. The Hewes solved all these problems. The one I got was Omega branded and the box looked the same as the cheaper ones, also sold there. The Hewes box was marked "Made in England" and the reel was clearly stamped Hewes. Mike D Marc James Small wrote: > At 08:02 PM 8/11/03 EDT, LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote: > >>The most important skill is getting the film on the developing tank reel >>without dropping the roll or screaming in frustration. > > > Here truly is the nub of the matter, and to fix this, buy quality. Your > camera store will try to sell you a cheap reel for $4 or so. Invest $15 in > a King Concept (aka, Hewes) reel, and all will be fixed. The cheap reels > are constantly bending and twisting and doing other nasty things which make > their use most frustrating. The King Concept reels are REALLY heavy duty > and loading them is a dream. The old Nikkor reels are equally fine but the > Nikkor tanks are not recommended. > > I use nothing but Hewes or Nikkor reels and Kindermann tanks. I've not had > a misfeed since I started using these reels at the advice of Ctein as given > in an article in the late and lamented CAMERA AND DARKROOM magazine. > > Buy cheap, get cheap. Invest the extra dollars and your future is assured! > > Marc > > msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html