Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Concur. They're sold under a lot of different names in the US; if you're in a store, the tipoff is that they cost a lot more than other brands of steel reels, and there's usually a "Made in England" label somewhere on the box. Calumet probably has the best mail-order price. I haven't bought any in a while, as they are solidly made and last forever. Real easy to load. Chuck Albertson Seattle, Wash. As for reels, the BEST IN THE WORLD are > Hewes. They're just fantastic, really heavy guage and almost impossible to > misload due to a brilliant centre clip design. > > They are sold in the US under some stupid name like 'Golden Wonder' that > sounds like a Chinese restaurant but the importer is Jobo Fototechnic. There > was also a posting about a year ago on the darkroom NG about a new > customised version of the reel which would work with Jobo cans. The product > number was 1565 and the guy who posted the info was 'ken' of Jobo > (www.jobo-usa.com). > -- > Johnny Deadman > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > > >