----- Original Message ----- From: "Delano Mireles" < Subject: Bulk film
> Can someone explain how a bulk film loader works and when do you think it is > worth it to use? You put a long roll of film into the loader, and then attach a film cassette to the end of the film and close the thing. You then roll off the desired number of exposures into the cassette. You can no longer use the film up to the last frame, as it is light fogged at the end (unless you tape the film on and close the cassette in the dark). I think bulk loading is most useful when self processing film as most bulk loaded film that I have seen, including my own, has the tape stuck too far along the film. It then binds the cutter blades on the minilab style film processors and causes a cutter failure. This results in the film being pulled off the leader card, where it then sits in the developer until someone notices and pulls it out. If you are lucky, no one elses film gets wrecked in the process. Minilabs generally have no way of going dark, so a film fallen off in the developer is pretty much a write off. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
