[Leica] M6 Initiation

[thurmanphoto at gmail.com (Wendy Thurman)]

Thanks for the tips, Sonny and Mark.  I've used metal rolls for medium
format film but that was 15 years ago.  I need to practice loading a
sacrificial roll inside the bag and see how that goes.

Wendy

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> > Wendy,
> > The way I mastered metal reels was to do it with a waste roll in the
> > daylight over and over, until I could see how to cup the film, and I did
> it
> > then with my eyes closed, peeking if I needed to.  It didn't take long to
> > get the hang of it.  I never was much good with plastic reels after I
> > learned nikors.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
>
>
> I taught a couple of dozen people most of them my assistants how to load
> metal reels. Most when the were shown how to do it and did it never had a
> problem with it again.
> A trick is to put the reel on the table on end and roll the film in by
> rolling the wheel. Keep the film slightly curved as it goes in.
> Usually a screw up is a result of an old cheep dented reel.
> Got a Hewes. Thick. Not wires. The Leica of reels. Worth it.
>
> [Rabs]
> Mark William Rabiner
>
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