Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom: Does Super-XX movie film have any endearing qualities these days? I know the LF folks like the Berger PPF film, comparing it to the old, discontinued Super-XX in sheet film. Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: <TTAbrahams@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 12:33 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica film cassettes: Now a stupid N**** question > The Leica M-cassette is a pain to load, but it works very well. I have a lot > of them (around 150 I think) and occasionally I go nuts and load Super-XX or > Agfapan 250 movie stock in them. They are heavy, clumsy but you never get a > scratch on the film. A 400 ft can of moviestock gives me about 75 fully > loaded cassettes, enough for a week or two of shooting. I have tried the > Nikon cassette, did not like it, tried the Canon cassette, did not like that > one either (I do keep a couple of Canon and Nikon rangefinders around, just > to reinforce my own belief, that the Leica M is the best!). > Avoid using Tech-Pan in M-cassettes. The spring that holds the end of the > film on the centerspool is strong and trying to tear TechPan is futile (and > you can never find the knife or scissors in the dark! This is one of the laws > of darkroom work!). > Tom A >