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Old February 14th 12, 03:10 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
William Hamblen
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I decided I've crimped my last piece of film in a stainless steel reel
and took delivery of a Paterson tank and reel(s). The only disadvantage
I see is that the Paterson tank takes a little more solution than the old
stainless steel tank. This is not a big deal because I don't develop
enough film to use up all of a bottle of developer before it gets old.
The Paterson reel seems easier to load, which is the main thing for
fumble fingered me.

Bud

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Old February 14th 12, 03:34 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Geoffrey S. Mendelson
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Bruce wrote:

Once you get used to it, the Paterson reel is very, very fast in use
and nowhere near as fiddly as a stainless steel spiral.


For about 2 years in the mid 1980's Paterson made TEFLON coated reels.
If you can find one (they are light pink in color) they are even easier
to load and will load wet.

I believe that no one wanted to pay the extra money for them, it was cheaper
to buy lots of the white plastic reels and rotate them so you would always
have a dry one.

Geoff.


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Old February 14th 12, 03:45 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Peter Irwin
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William Hamblen wrote:
The Paterson reel seems easier to load, which is the main thing for
fumble fingered me.


Their plastic reels are great. Two caveats:

The reels must be bone dry in order to load easily, it may help
to have a spare reel that you can easily find in the dark.

If you use photoflo, then be sure to give the reels a really
good rinse after use.

Peter.
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Old February 14th 12, 06:02 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
David Dyer-Bennet
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William Hamblen writes:

I decided I've crimped my last piece of film in a stainless steel reel
and took delivery of a Paterson tank and reel(s). The only disadvantage
I see is that the Paterson tank takes a little more solution than the old
stainless steel tank. This is not a big deal because I don't develop
enough film to use up all of a bottle of developer before it gets old.
The Paterson reel seems easier to load, which is the main thing for
fumble fingered me.


Sliding film into a reel never worked for me; I hated those Paterson
tanks, I considered them highly dangerous to my film.

Be very VERY sure you have them absolutely totaly and perfectly dry
before you start film loading, and that your hands are dry, and that
your hands don't sweat while loading (that last being impossible to
avoid in a changing bag, which is where I did essentially all my tank
loading).

This is especially dangerous if you process two batches of film in
succession, which I did all the time with stainless-steel tanks and
reels.
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Old February 15th 12, 12:20 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Alan Browne
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On 2012-02-14 09:10 , William Hamblen wrote:
I decided I've crimped my last piece of film in a stainless steel reel
and took delivery of a Paterson tank and reel(s). The only disadvantage
I see is that the Paterson tank takes a little more solution than the old
stainless steel tank. This is not a big deal because I don't develop
enough film to use up all of a bottle of developer before it gets old.
The Paterson reel seems easier to load, which is the main thing for
fumble fingered me.


Easy for 35mm. Haven't used mine in a few years. I usually did two
rolls at a time in mine (or one 120). My chems are definitely stale -
but if I shoot a roll of B&W I'll use them anyway and we'll see what
develops.

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