At 10:39 AM 10/19/2005 , you wrote: >Sorry forgot to mention the corner clipping which >helps with the 1500 series reels as well. Also I bend >the first half inch of the leader back against the >natural curl to aid/speed the loading process. >Eric October 21, 2005, from Lloyd Erlick, I never clip the leading corners of my 120 films. My experience seems to be it is not necessary. But reverse-curling the leadng end of the film strip sounds like a good idea. I do not do it for every roll, and it seems necessary for only a very small proportion of rolls. However, when a roll curls inward to much, it can be very frustrating to try to load. Maybe the type of film is important. I usually use Kodak film, mainly T-Max 400 (TMY) and a bit of Tri-X. Even these two handle differently ... regards, --le ________________________________ Lloyd Erlick Portraits, Toronto. voice: 416-686-0326 email: portrait@xxxxxxxxxxxx net: www.heylloyd.com ________________________________ -- ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.