Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Am I the only one who uses the Watson bulk film loader? You get about 18 36 exp rolls in a 100 foot roll which works out to about $2 per roll. A big advantage is that you can roll whatever size you like which is handy if you like to develop your rolls in a custom fashion (e.g. pushing Delta or Tmax to different speeds etc.). Now if you were to by bulk film by the case, I'd imagine some serious savings :-) Jonathan Borden > I buy my Tri-X in the nice yellow boxes, 50 rolls per box, and I think the > price is around $4/roll (that is Can$ at that). I just wish that Kodak would > do what Ilford does with the PressPack, the rolls come in small foil pouches > rather than in plastic cans. The volume of carrying 10-15 rolls in your > pocket in plastic cans versus foil pouches is noticeable. There seem to be a > price break with Kodak if you buy either 300 rolls or 600 rolls of Tri-X. I > cant remember what it is, but even at $0,25/roll it adds up when you multiply > it by 300 or 600. OK. LUG maybe we should do a bulk purchase of film from > Kodak, all the Tri-X users get together and buy a 1 years supply at a time. > That should get us a rather good price in the end. > Tom (down to my last 150 rolls of Tri-X) A