Re: [Leica] Re: Bulk Loading

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

Hello Bill:

It looks like our photo history is similar.   In the 1950s, I purchased
studio short ends of Tri-X and Plus-X from Hollywood Camera for about 1.5
cents per foot.  Most of the time the packages were from 70 to 100 feet.
This made photography affordable for a kid in college.

I have never had a problem with scratched negatives.

Roland Smith
roland@dnai.com

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "william lawlor" <wvl@infinex.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:23 PM
Subject: [Leica] Re: Bulk Loading


> Michael, bulk loading is the way to go and Watson is an excellent
> loader. I have five bulk loaders in use at present. Thre for b&w, one
> for Konica Impresa 50, and one for slide film. I got all my loaders
> for a few dollars each at garage sales and thrift shops. I have two
> of the old Lloys bakelite jobs and they work just fine. One came with
> a roll of film that has bn off the market a looong time.
>
> I order most of the film from b&h, but also Freestyle Sales.Freestyle
> often has some really odd deals on bulk film. Provia II and Konics
> VY100 come on expensive-looking mental spools. The Impresa 50 has no
> number or id on the edges. A 36ex roll of K50 is about $5.A 100' is
> $21. I bought 50 plastic cassettes from B&H and have re-used them
> many times. They are much easier to load than the metal end crimp
> kind, however, last week I removed a roll from my Rollei 35 and the
> end cap came unscrewed. Film was screwed, of course. Handle with
> care. The economy of film this way is great, but, you can keep a
> large variety of emulsions on hand easily also. Some users buy a 100'
> roll and load them all and cold storage them next to the prok chops.
>
> I started using bulk loaders in the 1950's. A high school photo
> buddy's dad worked at the hollywood studios as a cameraman. We got an
> unlimited supply of short ends of Super XX in big flat film cans.
>
> Regards, Bill Lawlor
>