RE: [Leica] Tricks to loading reels

["Lee, Ken" <ken.lee@hbc.com>]

Austin,
I agree with you about the Jobo reels. I use the 1500 series and solved the
wet reel issue by buying more. My biggest tank combo does 8 rolls, so I have
16 reels. If I give the wet reels a good shake to remove the excess water
they are dry and ready to load by the time the previous processing run is
finished. A few years ago I had weekends where I was duping, E6 processing,
mounting and putting in slide pages, 50 to 60 rolls so I had to have a
system.

Ken

- -----Original Message-----
From: Austin Franklin [mailto:austin@darkroom.com]
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 9:58 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Tricks to loading reels



> The trick to the Jobo reels is in cutting the end of the film...  you want
> a straight cut and then trim off the two corners at 45 degree angles about
> 1/8" in from the side.... hopefully catch the right spot where
> you don't end
> up going through an actual sprocket hole.

That's why I have started leaving my leaders out, and it makes the trimming
job so much easier to miss the sprocket holes.

After using stainless reels for years, I really do like the Jobo plastic
reels...except when they are wet.  Film will not go on them if there is a
drop of water on them!  Make sure your reels are dry before loading.  I
bought an entire second set...well worth it.  B&H had very reasonable prices
on them.

> The real test of film loading ability is loading 2 rolls back to
> back on the
> same reel....

Do you mean adjacent, as in side by side, like touching?  Why would you want
to do that?