I'm curious. You can load the rolls in daylight without a changing bag? How much money do you think you are saving over regular rolls?
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > It has been a long time since I have done bulk loading. Bulk loaders > are so cheap right now, that one could have several with a different > kind of film in each (assuming one shoots more than one kind of film). > > No need to bulk load the entire roll in one session. To do that you > would need a pretty big supply of reloadable canisters. Obviously, the > more exposures you put in one canister the fewer you need (and the > fewer frames lost to waste), but one of the advantages of bulk loading > is that you can make 12 exposure rolls (if you like). Less time with > film waiting in the camera for exposures to finish a roll (as often > happens with longer rolls). > > Dust is your enemy. I'd suggest keeping the bulk loader in a gallon > zip-lock baggie with a packet of silica gel. > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've been shooting a bit of 35mm B&W these days and finally broke down and >> bought a daylight loader for bulk rolls and some reloadable canisters. I'm >> sure someone here has done or does do the bulk film loading thing... >> Question that I'm wondering about - is there any problem with just putting >> the 100 foot roll into the loader and then filling canisters as needed, or >> is there a reason why you should load up the whole bulk roll in one session? >> Although I do shoot a fair amount of film it would take a month or two to >> use up the approximately 20 rolls I'd get out of a 100 foot roll.. Is it OK >> to just load up a few canisters as needed, which means the bulk roll would >> be stored in the loader, or should I load it all up at once? >> >> TIA - >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - > Peter Galassi > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
