Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/27
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Oh, you mean Sellotape - not Lagavulin! :)
Nick
P.S. I've always used whatever tape came to hand, and only once had a
problem when I used masking tape - well, it was the same colour as Ilford's
tape.
----- Original Message ----
From: "dlr@dlridings.se" <dlr@dlridings.se>
To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 27 September, 2006 2:22:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Anyone out there load cassettes from bulk film?
Quarter inch masking tape?
Scotch "magic" tape?
Leica cassettes? (You don't need tape).
I bulk load, but only because modern cassettes don't seat properly in a
IIIc, not to save money.
Daniel
> 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.
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