Hi Alin,
AF> that may get into the light brush and scratch the film. Also had
AF> once problems with faulty DX contacts on reusable cartridges that
AF> ruined several exposures.
Fortunately, I had no scratches from bulk loading (only from bad
developing). I guess perhaps I was lucky.
AF> But the main reason I gave up to bulk roll film is price. Have a
AF> look at B&H: the price difference per 135 film roll between prepack
AF> roll and bulk roll is so thin it's not worth the hassle.
That's surprising. At least here in Czechia bulk film was a lot
cheaper than prepack (at least with some brands). Especially the
locally made Czech film Foma (from which I admit only the iso 100 and
iso 200 versions are good, the iso 400 and iso 800 were horrible, thus
I don't use Foma because my standard B&W is 400 pushed to 800 or
1600...). Or Ilford was lot cheaper in bulk than packs. I thought
similar situation was is Romania.
I found a good way to use bulk film (although for some this might seem
risky a bit) is to not use reloadable cassettes. I always had problems
with light leaks with those. Now I just go to a clean minilab, gather
their used cassettes (they don't throw them into the trash for people
like me), and attach the film start to the short length of film
protruding from the used cassette by means of magic tape. I haven't
had a problem with scratched film so far, nor with light leaks. Unlike
with reloadable cassettes.
Good light!
fra
