Yannic Meerbergen
(K=2990) - Comment Date 9/1/2003
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Hi Brendan,
for me, the best solution is to take the film out of the reel first. The main reason is that it is attached to the paper backing with a bit of tape, and it's a lot easier to rip it off before the film is partly on the reel.
BTW, make sure you take that bit of adhesive off. Otherwise, you could finish with that bit of paper somewhere on your film.. Bad idea.
Good luck.
Y
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Steve Henry
(K=124) - Comment Date 9/2/2003
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I tear off the first few inches of paper and then let the remaining paper roll up under the reel. When the film's almost all the way in the reel, I tear off the remaining paper at the adhesive strip. I use JOBO reels.
You might want to waste a roll and practice with the lights on. It will probably save you time and frustration and film later. Especially when your hands start to sweat in that changing bag.
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Roger Skinner
(K=81846) - Comment Date 1/3/2004
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It was a long time ago that I did this but a friend, photographer John Ford gave me this advice.. "take a drink with a straw in it and a book to read" but that was a LONG TIME AGO I am with Steve on this question and I use Patterson spirals and tanks
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Nigel Smith
(K=3834) - Comment Date 1/4/2004
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I unroll the paper backing until I can feel the film start and chop the paper off with about an inch of film sticking out. This lets me hold the roll without putting fingerprints all over the 1st frame while I trim the corners and load into the reel (plastic). Once it's started, I let the rest go, letting the weight of the paper help the film stay somewhat unrolled and shuffle the film in. When I've got about 4" left, I pull the backing off the tape, fold the tape over onto the film and shuffle the rest of the film into the reel. I leave the tape on the film as I've found it comes off the paper fairly easy, but is stuck to the film quite well which means you can bend the film while wrestling the tape off, which will damage the last frame.
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D W
(K=2560) - Comment Date 1/11/2004
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I unroll the paper and the film together as one until I can feel the actual film start to separate. I don't cut the paper backing until the film is rolled in. Then I cut the end off. It works every time. Good Luck!
Dave
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