Hello there
I just developed two black and white film rolls. That was a painful experience, because of my bad choice of film:
👿 The Lucky SHD400 is too thin, curling on itself like crazy, slipping on the reel.
🫤 The Lomography earl grey 100 is a bit thicker, better catch on reel’s sides and locking ball.
I wish next rolls will be easier to feed on the reel, any advices ?
Until now nothing beats the Kikipan 320. But it’s not produced anymore.
Asking AI seems only to praise most expensive films, not sure if it is true or biased.
Also I tired asking on the mastodon and associated platform first with not much luck.
Hopefully lemmy is better suited for that kind of open question ?
I’ve always developed my own medium format Ilford HP5 with little to no issues.
Honestly, getting film on those plastic spools can be tricky regardless of the film. There are a few tricks people suggest that might help (e.g. lubricating the ball bearings with pencil graphite, and using an old scrap of film as a lead-in to get you started) but loading them is something you just have to get better at over time.
Agreed. I struggled with thinner films at first, but got used to doing it. Just keep practicing, OP!
Yes I must insist, because I’ve bought a few rolls of those cheap films, I won’t waste them.
Like @MurrayL said I will try a few tricks to make it easier, I already prime the reel on daylight. But it get messy when the film slips out of the reel in the dark.