Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/19

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Subject: [Leica] Jobo Reels and photo flo
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Fri Jan 19 20:52:03 2007
References: <03ed01c73c1a$29ea84c0$6401a8c0@FrankDell2> <631820A4-957D-4663-BF0D-F5E2499F48B9@ncable.net.au> <040001c73c45$60b6ef40$6401a8c0@FrankDell2> <45B1997B.8090500@hemenway.com>

That could explain it: the water in Melbourne is very soft and its  
not too bad up here in Ballarat (usually). With the drought, the  
reserves are getting low and more chlorine is being added in. I  
should have rain water for next year.

Cheers
On 20/01/2007, at 15:24, Jim Hemenway wrote:

> I've only had trouble with a PhotoFlo generated "film" when I lived  
> south of San Diego and used that mineral rich water from the  
> Colorado river.
>
> Have never had the problem here in New England where the water is  
> as soft as a baby's fanny.
>
> Jim
>
>
> Frank Filippone wrote:
>
>> Hoppy's explanation is correct.  Some users report a "film" that  
>> makes loading a problem....
>> I have always stripped the film from the reel and dumped it into  
>> PhotoFlo in a separate container to keep the reels "fresh".
>> Is it a real effect?  Beats me, I have never tried other than my  
>> present technique, so I have no first hand knowledge... but a lot
>> of others report a problem.....
>> BTW, the claim is that it happens on SS or plastic reels.....  
>> Frank Filippone
>> red735i@earthlink.net Can someone explain the problem with photo  
>> flo and reels to me.
>
>
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In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] FS: Jobo Reels)
Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] Jobo Reels and photo flo)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Jobo Reels and photo flo)
Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Jobo Reels and photo flo)