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Subject: [Leica] Anyone out there load cassettes from bulk film?
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Wed Sep 27 06:38:18 2006
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Why bother with bulk loading anymore? Is it really that cost effective? Or
does that rare Romanian 15iso BW only come in bulk of 500ft?

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:24 AM
Subject: [Leica] Anyone out there load cassettes from bulk film?


> I used to load my own Plus X in the late 1960's, but cooled off on it when
I
> had problems with the damned film ends coming untaped at the end of the
> roll. I had to keep a changing bag in my trunk, and then take the film out
> of the bag in my darkroom. The tape that Kodak, Ilford, etc. use to affix
> the film to the spool is tenacious as hell. Anyone have a suggestion of
what
> I should use? I have a feeling that "duct tape" is going to enter the
> conversation.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
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