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[lmans]

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I  read on this forum a suggestion that I use ...I re-wind the film all the way. Then when I develop, I pop the top off, and hold the film in my fist as I feed it into the spool. The reason being is that 'scratches' can be had coming out of the film canister as you feed it onto the spool. That 'felt' ....is not enough at times or dust gets in the felt or whatever. But either way I have noticed a lack of scratches in my negatives. 

[250swb]

On 11/19/2020 at 2:06 PM, lmans said:

I  read on this forum a suggestion that I use ...I re-wind the film all the way. Then when I develop, I pop the top off, and hold the film in my fist as I feed it into the spool. The reason being is that 'scratches' can be had coming out of the film canister as you feed it onto the spool. That 'felt' ....is not enough at times or dust gets in the felt or whatever. But either way I have noticed a lack of scratches in my negatives. 

Saving the film from another trip through the felt light seal is always a good thing. In photography it's all the little things that add up to reliability and repeatability. It doesn't need to be dust that scratches the film, feeding film onto reels can put the film at an acute angle as it travels through the light seal so friction can scratch the film. This is especially true if you are loading the film onto a reel in the confined space of a changing bag.

[lmans]

On 11/21/2020 at 3:27 AM, 250swb said:

Saving the film from another trip through the felt light seal is always a good thing. In photography it's all the little things that add up to reliability and repeatability. It doesn't need to be dust that scratches the film, feeding film onto reels can put the film at an acute angle as it travels through the light seal so friction can scratch the film. This is especially true if you are loading the film onto a reel in the confined space of a changing bag.

I pop the top off and take the film out of the cannister and work it onto the spool, thus not having the light seal or felt have anything to do with it. I am sure I add another element of scratches by doing so, but...it works so far. jim 🙂