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A - Feeding the film into the tank:

1- Prepare all that we mentioned previously: a change bag - a tank - a bottle opener -

the scissors.

2 - Put the aforementioned equipment inside the inner pocket of the interchange bag in addition to the film. Close the pocket tightly with the zipper, then put your hands inside the bag. It is preferable to take off the watch from your wrist before putting your hands in for ease of work.

3- Remove the cover of the film can by using a bottle opener (there are some films that are inside a plastic can, and in this case it is necessary to remove its cover by turning it half a turn

- Remove the film hanger cap with a regular bottle opener.

towards the right, then lift it to the top, and here we do not need the bottle opener). Release the film completely from its packaging by pushing it from the back.

Release the film from its packaging by pushing it from the back.

The previous statement applies to 35 mm films. As for 120 and 220 mm films, the processes are slightly different from the previous ones: Peel off the cover around the outside of the roll, then release the film from its paper roll by wrapping it all the way to the ends. Then separate the end of the film from the roll paper.

Separate the film from its culture.

Liberate the film from its paper.

4- (With 35 mm film only: cut the end of the film to finally release it from its roll and to facilitate its entry into the lam of the tank roller.

Cut the end of the film to release it from its packaging and also cut the beginning of the film in order to easily insert it into the tank reel.
Slide the end of the film under the protrusion on either end of the roll.

E - Insert the end of the film into the reel: For the plastic tank equipped with an end-feed reel: slide the end of the film under the part protruding from both ends of the reel while bending the film slightly by pressing its ends gently. Continue sliding the film while moving the moving part of the reel left and right to facilitate the sliding process until you reach the end of the film.

Move the movable part of the pulley left and right to facilitate the sliding process.

The stainless steel tank equipped with a centrally fed reel: Hold the film at both ends and press it slightly inward to bend it slightly, which facilitates its entry into the center of the reel. Clamp the end of the film inside the center of the reel with a spring-clamp or by encircling it with a metal hook. If the reel that comes with the tank is of the type that has a grab hook, you will make it easier for yourself to work. If you pierce the end of the film in the middle with a regular paper hole, then insert it into the hook.

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Film with an ordinary perforator if the reel is centrally fed. Bend the film slightly by pressing it inward with your fingertips.
Packing the film into the reel:

End Feed Roller: Use both hands to move both ends of the spool back and forth in succession to help the film enter the lamella Center Feed Roller: Keep bending the film slightly with one hand and turn the spool with the other hand to insert the film into its helical lam. Make sure, from time to time, with your fingertips, that the film is securely entering the reel. Keep scrolling until the end of the movie. - Close the tank: put the reel in the place designated for it in the tank, then

Close the cover tightly.

The film is hooked in the center of the reel.

Put the reel in the tank.

Tighten the tank cover.

General Notes :

If the film does not enter the reel well, remove the film from the reel, then repeat the process again. It is necessary for the reel to be completely dry from any traces of water, even slight, in order for the success of the feeding process. It is useful to try feeding a worthless film under daylight to feel the steps and to know the obstacles that you can encounter while feeding in the dark. Re-repeat the feeding process in daylight several times until you become fully accustomed to completing the process with accuracy and skill, then close your eyes and try feeding it again, and so the feeding process in the dark will become very easy. 8- Take the tank out of the exchange bag. Room light will not affect the film inside the tightly closed tank.