Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: please bring me up to date/Hewes reels
From: kabob@tiac.net (Bob Keene/Karen Shehade)
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 09:18:31 -0400

Ed-

I did NOT know this!! I'm currently using a Patterson tank, and was going
to invest in Kinderman tanks and Hewes reels! Now (hopefully) I can just
buy the reels!! Do you know any part #'s for the bigger core models?

Bob (loves the way the patterson tank spills all over him) Keene

>
>Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 18:50:09 +0000
>From: Ed Buziak <ed.buziak@camera-and-darkroom.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: please bring me up to date
>
>Bob,
>
>You may not be aware of this, but Hewes (a British company for others who
>haven't heard of them before) have recently started manufacturing their 35mm
>and 120 reels with a slightly wider core which allows the central filler
>tube of Jobo and Paterson inversion/rotary tanks to fit snugly. I've changed
>over from plastic to the real stuff (stainless-steel) in the past few months
>and have never had a mis-load or kinked film since (or bromide streaking
>from 2-bath development) . Afficionados can wind two 35s back-to-back in
>them too!
>
>Ed Buziak / Publisher
>"Camera & Darkroom"
>
>ed.buziak@camera-and-darkroom.co.uk
>
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