[rollei_list] Re: Developing Reels

The Hewes reels in the US can say JOBO on them.
Its really disconcerting.
I hear in Las Vegas they say "Howard Hewes";
But that could be a false rumor.



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Mark William Rabiner



> From: Daniel Ridings <dlridings@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:49:25 +0200
> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Developing Reels
> 
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:48 AM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
>>  The Hewes 35mm reels are deathless and the Kindermann reels nearly as good.
>>  For 127, go with Kindermann.  For 120, I haven't a clue as to why anyone
>> would use anything other than Hewes.  Magnificent reels and exceedingly easy
>> to use.
> 
> Actually I was quite surprized. I had alway thought and heard the
> Hewes were indestructible.
> 
> I have a half a dozen LPL reels (each, 120 and 35mm) that are over 30
> years old and when I was in the states a couple of years ago I picked
> up some Hewes so I could develop there and soothe my paranoid feelings
> about ISO 1600 films through security controls.
> 
> Last week I fumbled and dropped a Hewes reel at the table. It feel
> about 6 inches, just from holding it to the table, but it broke and
> the outer wire of the reel popped off like a spring.
> 
> I can only use it as a spacer now. I always have en empty reel on the
> top to give some space for the developer to slush around and provide
> me with some healthy agitation (none of this stirred, not shaken
> stuff).
> 
> Daniel
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