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loading 120 film into plastic developing reels
December 9, 2005, from Lloyd Erlick,
Lately I've been working on a backlog of about two hundred rolls of 120 format black and white film. At first I was doing them in ten roll batches, then I switched to twenty rolls at a time. I use the Jobo 1501 plastic reels, which hold two rolls of 120 film each. The film is 'walked' into the reel from its outer edge. In the course of loading ten or twenty rolls, it has always been possible for a snag to occur, making it difficult to finish loading a reel, or forcing me to remove the roll and start again. Many people advise snipping the 'leading' corners of the roll before inserting it into the reel. I've always resisted this because it slows me down too much. Aiming the nail clippers at the tiny corner tips in the dark is just too slow. Of course, snagged film slows one down far more. But -- I've made the first change in my technique in years. Instead of snipping the corners so they can't snag on the reel's ribs, I tried folding the corners up. It works like a charm. In eighty rolls so far, not a single snag. I can load twenty rolls in forty minutes. The fold I make is the smallest my fingers can manage. The folded-up tip of each corner must not be so large that it binds against the 'top' of the groove. It has to enter the gate at the entrance to the reel without too much resistance. Basically, I found if I just fold up the smallest amount of film I can, it's fine. regards, --le ________________________________ Lloyd Erlick Portraits, Toronto. voice: 416-686-0326 email: net: www.heylloyd.com ________________________________ -- |
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loading 120 film into plastic developing reels
The other occasional "snipping" problem is the "snips" can end up in the
tank and locally block development. Avoidable but only after you become aware of the potential for a problem. -- darkroommike "Lloyd Erlick" Lloyd at @the-wire. dot com wrote in message ... December 9, 2005, from Lloyd Erlick, Lately I've been working on a backlog of about two hundred rolls of 120 format black and white film. At first I was doing them in ten roll batches, then I switched to twenty rolls at a time. I use the Jobo 1501 plastic reels, which hold two rolls of 120 film each. The film is 'walked' into the reel from its outer edge. In the course of loading ten or twenty rolls, it has always been possible for a snag to occur, making it difficult to finish loading a reel, or forcing me to remove the roll and start again. Many people advise snipping the 'leading' corners of the roll before inserting it into the reel. I've always resisted this because it slows me down too much. Aiming the nail clippers at the tiny corner tips in the dark is just too slow. Of course, snagged film slows one down far more. But -- I've made the first change in my technique in years. Instead of snipping the corners so they can't snag on the reel's ribs, I tried folding the corners up. It works like a charm. In eighty rolls so far, not a single snag. I can load twenty rolls in forty minutes. The fold I make is the smallest my fingers can manage. The folded-up tip of each corner must not be so large that it binds against the 'top' of the groove. It has to enter the gate at the entrance to the reel without too much resistance. Basically, I found if I just fold up the smallest amount of film I can, it's fine. regards, --le ________________________________ Lloyd Erlick Portraits, Toronto. voice: 416-686-0326 email: net: www.heylloyd.com ________________________________ -- |
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loading 120 film into plastic developing reels
An interesting tip Lloyd, I will try that next time I load my Jobo reels. I
expect with around 200 or so rolls that you will be spending more time processing and drying them than taking photo`s. Very tedious if you don`t enjoy film processing. Good luck. "Lloyd Erlick" Lloyd at @the-wire. dot com wrote in message ... December 9, 2005, from Lloyd Erlick, Lately I've been working on a backlog of about two hundred rolls of 120 format black and white film. At first I was doing them in ten roll batches, then I switched to twenty rolls at a time. I use the Jobo 1501 plastic reels, which hold two rolls of 120 film each. The film is 'walked' into the reel from its outer edge. In the course of loading ten or twenty rolls, it has always been possible for a snag to occur, making it difficult to finish loading a reel, or forcing me to remove the roll and start again. Many people advise snipping the 'leading' corners of the roll before inserting it into the reel. I've always resisted this because it slows me down too much. Aiming the nail clippers at the tiny corner tips in the dark is just too slow. Of course, snagged film slows one down far more. But -- I've made the first change in my technique in years. Instead of snipping the corners so they can't snag on the reel's ribs, I tried folding the corners up. It works like a charm. In eighty rolls so far, not a single snag. I can load twenty rolls in forty minutes. The fold I make is the smallest my fingers can manage. The folded-up tip of each corner must not be so large that it binds against the 'top' of the groove. It has to enter the gate at the entrance to the reel without too much resistance. Basically, I found if I just fold up the smallest amount of film I can, it's fine. regards, --le ________________________________ Lloyd Erlick Portraits, Toronto. voice: 416-686-0326 email: net: www.heylloyd.com ________________________________ -- |
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loading 120 film into plastic developing reels
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:03:24 -0000, "Keith
Tapscott" wrote: with around 200 or so rolls that you will be spending more time processing and drying them than taking photo`s. Very tedious if you don`t enjoy film processing. Good luck. December 15, 2005, from Lloyd Erlick, It has been a film developing marathon. I finished just a few days ago, on Sunday. I do enjoy it, though, even though it indeed has its tedious side. I like to develop film in total darkness. I usually wait until I have a number of rolls, so I can do ten or twenty roll batches. The tank would be very heavy if I wanted to agitate by inversion. I just set out a bunch of open-top cylindrical tanks and agitate by lift and lower. I'm happy sitting there in peace. Silence, trickling water, the radio, I don't care. I just shut off the computer -- and the phone. My shower is kind of a walk-in-closet-deep tile affair. I suspended some dowels across the top, and hang my rolls of film there. I like to sluice distilled water down both sides of each roll after I hang them, so the shower is the perfect place. regards, --le ________________________________ Lloyd Erlick Portraits, Toronto. voice: 416-686-0326 email: net: www.heylloyd.com ________________________________ -- |
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