Thanks to all for noting Freestyle. I hadn't heard of them Being near NYC, B&H and Adorama were my primary sources.
Doug On Jul 24, 2010, at 4:42 PM, Jeff Kelley wrote:
Marc, Hewes reels are expensive relative to "cheap Japanese reels." But, I agree about being able to bounce a Pro Hewes reel on the floor without it bending. Freestyle Photo and B&H both carry the Pro Hewes reels but Freestyle has them for quite a bit less money.... The 120 reel is $23.99 at Freestyle and $35.95 at B&H. You'll have to buy a roll of film to hit Freestyle's $25 minimum order limit. JeffOn Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:At 12:09 PM 7/24/2010, Douglas Nygren wrote:I have tried metal reels, but have not fallen in love with them. Someone lent me a 35mm Hewes reel recently. I'll give it a try soon and see how it goes.Cheap Japanese reels are quite hard to load and are unreliable. They bend out of true very easily. I kid you not: you can bounce a Hewes reel onthe floor and it will not bend. Easiest reel to load ever made. And, again, they are NOT expensive. Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx- Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in thesubject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in thesubject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list--- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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