First Roll Developed.....Minor Problems Help Please

I too use the Paterson tanks and use the amount stipulated on the base. Never had a problem with too little developer. I do have problems sometimes loading 120s - usually after an awful long time *not* shooting and processing.

If it gets really bad, I feed the end that had the tape on it (tear off the part that adheres to the backing paper) and the extra thickness usually gets me out of trouble.

-Nanette

Urggh those crescents. Well after a long time loading 120 on the patterson reels in a changing bag, with the odd film getting jammed, I read somewhere the best way was to unroll the film when you are ready to load it (in a dark room ofcourse!) let it hang (having untaped it from the plastic film sprocket thing) and load it onto the reel as normal. Never had a problem since. Something to do with the weight of the 120 film? Anyway, don't have the problem with 35mm, which loads just fine in the changing bag. Oh and by the way, sweaty hands...not good for loading film...seems to affect the friction or something.

By the way, it does not matter whether your tank holds two 120 reels or 1 reel, since the reel is probably pretty much standard diameter and width (width set by the 120 film itself!), the amount you will need per reel does not change much. If they are all similar between brands, then the amount you will need is about 500ml of chemistry for one reel of 120 film. K

I used a Yankee tank with the ratchet loading action for some time and a 'friend' told me I needed to be using the stainless reels and tanks - they were better, he said.

After burning some film, doing a few dry runs and not being able to get the hang of it in daylight WITH my eyes open, I literally threw the tank and reel out into the yard and went back to using the trustworthy Yankee tank with the ratcheting spools.

That was 20 years or so ago - I haven't a clue what happened to the stainless tank and reel.

lol probablly a bird perch and bath by now.