Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Readyloads <OT>
From: "Ken Iisaka" <ken@iisaka.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:13:35 -0700
References: <B5F8EFC4.2485%john@pinkheadedbug.com>

Colour  Quickloads are readily available.  B/W Quickloads are not imported
by Fuji, but are available from independent importers.  They are rather
pricey, though, costing about the same as E6 films.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "John Brownlow" <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Readyloads <OT>


> on 28/9/00 12:30 pm, Jim Brick at jim_brick@agilent.com wrote:
>
> > At 10:20 PM 9/27/00 -0600, Jeff S wrote:
> >> I hope you weren't overly fond of Tmax 100 in 4x5 Readyloads either!
For
> >> now, it seems to be out of production. It was Kodak's ONLY b&w
Readyload
> >> film.
> >>
> >> Jeff Segawa
> >
> > No, I hated them. I really dislike those Kodak double sided Readyloads.
It
> > is easy to fog the film as they don't close securely I've found. You
have
> > to really really be careful when using them and then you still get some
fog
> > hits! Maybe I got a bad batch but after an episode or two with end fog
and
> > being very careful to do things correctly, I gave up. I'll stick to Fuji
> > Quickloads which, in all of the years they have been out and the
hundreds
> > and hundreds of Quickloads that I've used, I have not had a single
problem.
> >
> > So I really don't care what Kodak does with their Readyloads...
>
> Where do you get the fuji quickloads from??
>
> --
> Johnny Deadman
>
> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
>
>
>

In reply to: Message from John Brownlow <john@pinkheadedbug.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: Readyloads <OT>)