On Thursday, April 25, 2002, at 11:02 PM, William Robb wrote: >> > > Thanks Tom. Something else to consider spending money on.......
AAH CRAP, me too. Shel, I've always dumped my film into the photoflo off of the reels when using plastic, for exactly this reason. In school, I saw plastic reels become so discoloured that it was frightening. Also, I use a low formaldehyde final bath for E-6 and C-41, so I got into the habit of not putting reels in the baths. I like stainless, and find them much easier to load when slightly wet, but I've never found a good stainless 220 reel, and I also have a bad habit of dropping things. In the eight weeks that we had a Wing-Lynch processor here (much like a Jobo, but more compact and without a water bath, and it takes standard steel reels), I think I wrecked three reels by dropping them. Ow. I've never broken a plastic reel. We ditched the Wing-Lynch because it never pumped a consistent amount of chemistry, and would underpump as often as it overpumped. Had service people out to see it three times, and it never behaved, so we sent it back. A shame, really, because it was very compact, and when it worked properly it did an excellent job. Of course, it was a demo unit that had sat on a showroom floor for five years, only occasionally pumping water. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
