Well, I guess I'll have to give up with this except if I find a bulk film magazine for my KX. Any spottie one would do it. Will see if I can find one...
Thanks all Thibouille >----- Message Initial ----- >De : William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Envoy� : Lundi , Novembre 1, 2004 07:28 PM >A : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Objet : Re: DX coding and canister capacity > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mat Maessen" >Subject: Re: DX coding and canister capacity > > >> It would have to be pretty darned thin film. >> Most I ever got into a bulk-loaded roll was 42 shots before it >> started >> binding. And I'm not sure I'd do that again. :-) >> If you're developing your own film, even the 36-shot rolls are >> about >> as long as you want to be dealing with in the darkroom. With the >> dryer >> I use I have to hang up both ends of the film on a 36-shot roll to >> keep it from hitting the dryer cabinet floor. >> >> Wasn't there a bulk film feeder/back available for the LX? might be >> a >> better option. :-) > >Ilford used to make 72 exposure loads of black and white film. The >base was REALLY thin, and almost impossible to work with. >Automatic film processors of the kind used in present day mini labs >are designed to process a 36 exposure film as a maximum length, and >they will generate an abnormal operation alarm if the film is too >long, on the theory that if the film has spent to long passing the >sensors it is probably stalled. >This may or may not cause the machine to sop, depending on the >specific machine. >DX coding does allow for extended film lengths (position 8, 9, 10 >conductive), although I can see no reason at all to want to recode a >cassette for this purpose, since very few, if any, cameras actually >make use of the film length data. > >William Robb > > > > >
