Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]First, one buys a bulk loader - maybe the Watson - $17.99 at B&H Then one buys a changing bag - price it yourself. ;-) Then one buys film, preferably in 100 foot rolls... Tri-X is about $22 for 100 feet of USAW - plenty good... Then one buys empty cartridges....I haven't done this for a while, but I think they were about $.30 a piece.... You will get about 18 36 exposure rolls out of 100 feet of Tri-X...which is $1.22 per roll - plus the $.30 for the cart, means a cost of about $1.52 per roll...(The bulk loader and bag are cheap enough so you can leave them out of the equation..;-) ) Now - if you do your own processing, obviously you can reuse the carts - if not... Loading the carts is a piece of cake - busy work which, as Martin points out, makes watching t.v. almost worthwhile. BUT - there will come a time when you will discover scratches on a bulk loaded cart.... So bulk loading definitely saves money. However...A fifty-roll pack of imported Tri-X (I never buy anything else) from B&H works out to $2.19 per roll - or apx $.79 per roll more than bulk loading. And while I am not into flushing money down the toilet, I'd rather pop open that cute little plastic garbage can and take out a Kodak-rolled roll, than go through the loading process. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Phong Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 1:22 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Lagavulin and focussing Noctilux and 75 Summilux in lowlight - Now bulk loading Ok, so I'll ask the question(s). How does one go about bulk loading ? What equipment does one need to bulk load ? What film is available to bulk load ? What kind of savings are we talking about? One of the benefits of digital is to be able to shoot more (as with hand loading one's own ammunition, you don't actually save money, you just end up shooting more). I wouldn't mind doing same with film. Thanks, - - Phong > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Bill > Harting > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 12:56 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Lagavulin and focussing Noctilux and 75 Summilux > in lowlight > > > Bulk loadin is the secret. > > > bh (bulkloading since 1967) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Howard" <mvhoward@mac.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:00 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Lagavulin and focussing Noctilux and 75 Summilux in > lowlight > > > > Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > > > Pick up a couple, three four bricks of ten twenty rolls each. > > > > Bulk load. The savings are tremendous and provides an evening's > > entertainment when there is nothing on the TV. Which is pretty much > > any evening. > > > > M. > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html