Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Amen Brother! I use JOBO reels. They were all plastic. They also made a steel reel core and reels, but they weighed a ton and my poor little JOBO ( CPE2+) got tired out from the mass. Then along came the Sermon on Mt. JOBO. They offered Hewes Reels with a special core size so I could use new Hewes Reels with my old plastic cores. ( P/N is 1565 and 1566 one is for 35mm the other for 120). Enlightenment.... my 120 film loading aggravation is over. They load like a joy... 35mm is even easier..... Down with Plastic reels... Up with Hewes SS. Now if I knew who took over the JOBO USA marketing and distribution I would be a lot happier...... Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of Craig Zeni Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:45 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] The better-than-a-Paterson reel I had read here many times the Gospel of the Hewes Reels. One day last fall in the used darkroom section of a local store I blundered across a stainless tank with two 35mm Hewes reels in it for $5...boy do they load easier than Paterson plastic. A month later they had a four roll tank with two Hewes 35mm and one Hewes 120 reel for $15...snapped that up too. I find the Paterson plastic loads plenty easy for 120, but for 35mm the Hewes are super easy. CZ NC On Feb 23, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > For months, I had fits with Paterson reels because they seemed to bind > up > when I got the film 3/4 of the way onto the reel. I solved that > problem (no, > they weren't wet...the leading edge of the film needed to have a smooth > taper on its edges, like a tongue). Then problem #2 arose: When I got > the > film 5/7 of the way onto the reel, the tight curl of the film would > cause > the film to pop out from under the ball bearings, and it was > impossible to > get it back in. > > Enter the Samigon reel. It looks almost exactly like a Paterson plastic > reel, but doesn't appear to be able to expand out to 120 size. No big > deal. > The only other way it differs from the Paterson reel is that the > plastic > tabs guiding the film into the reel are ENORMOUS rather than little > protuberances. I cannot imagine that the film will pop out of the > track (but > give me time to try them). They fit the Paterson tanks perfectly, > hugging > the center tube just like a Paterson reel. > > Now maybe I can emerge from the downstairs bathroom with 2 reels of > loaded > film and no sweat pouring off my face. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information