It's probably a good idea to err on the side of caution, however, my own experience is that for almost 40 years I've been loading film in any kind of light, including bright sun, and have ~never~ suffered any problems with standard cassettes. The light trap on the cassette does an admirable bob, and fogging has never occurred. It's certainly hard to imagine any fogging or degradation going on through or past a couple of frames. Just recently had a roll of HP-5 that had been sitting on my desk for more than a week processed. It was not in its container. No problem with light leak.
Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > On Nov 23, 2005, at 3:29 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > A way long time back, when virtually everything was B&W, the little > > yellow Kodak box and enclosed instructions, recommended the user "load > > the film in low light." > > These days it says "load in subdued light". That might just be > Fuji's version as I rarely shoot Kodak these days. > > I just face away from the sun and load the camera in my own shadow. > Sometimes that's the only shade available.
