In article <ds9Hj.63262$y05.46618@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Bruce <null@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> I am just getting into 120 format B/W film processesing. The problem I
am
> having is loading the film onto the reel. I have done a lot of 35 mm
> processing in the past and didn't have a big problem with loading the
reels,
> however I find the 120 format to be a lot more difficult. The main
problem
> seems to be the paper backing and the stiffer base, or "curliness", of
the
> 120 film. The reel I am using has a spring type clip.
It takes some getting used to. I always used stainless steel reels, and
for loading, used a curved piece of stainless that I got with a tank or
somewhere...it's maybe three inches long and curved so that the film
fits into it, and you hold the the thing in your hand, and the film
goes onto the reel.
> Anybody have some tips for doing this? Should I cut the film off of the
> paper reel first? Would it make sense to unroll the first part of the
film
> and clip it on (in reduced light of course) and then roll on the rest of
the
> reel? If so how do I stop the rest of the spool from unreeling while I
am
> clipping the leader on? Also I have seen the the past these "ratchet"
type
> reels, are these a better alternative?
Paper reel?
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