"Mr. Strat" <rag@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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?
Oops, I meant the spool.
Thanks everyone for the input. What I decided to do is to remove the
spring
clip entirely from the reel, and then fold over about a 1/2 inch section
of
the film strip and use that to clip it onto one of the cross pieces on the
reel. That seems to work pretty well.
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