I never saw the alternate style. Wonder if they were ever sent to this side of
the pond.
Earl
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On 1/12/2004 at 11:50 AM Piers Hemy wrote:
>Paterson reels came in two flavours (and maybe still do). The reels
>delivered with the tanks were "autoload" with a couple of ball-bearings at
>the start of each spiral, allowing the film to be loaded from the outside
>of
>the spiral, and ratcheted in with a to-and-for motion of each face of the
>spiral. The alternative centre load spirals load in the same way as a
>stainless steel spiral - clip the end of the film to the cnetral core, then
>bow the film across its wideth as you wind the spiral. As Earl says, the
>ratchet style is an acquired taste. And it is no use if you are reloading
>wet reversal film after giving it the post-first-development re-exposure,
>because the water stops the ball-bearings doing their job. (OK, so E-6 uses
>chemical 're-exposure', but I am talking of the old days here!).
>
>I recommend the alternative Paterson non-autoload style. Or stainless
>steel.
>
>Piers
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Earl Dunbar
>Sent: 12 January 2004 03:20
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [OM] film development tank
>
>--snip
>
>Once I got the nack of loading the ss reels (not difficult), life became
>much easier for me. Nor is the Paterson reel foolproof when it comes to
>film being loaded properly.
>
>Earl
>
>--snip
>
>
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