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Subject: [Leica] Anyone out there load cassettes from bulk film?
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Wed Sep 27 07:11:40 2006

It's that rare American Eastman Double X.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Christopher Williams
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:38 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Anyone out there load cassettes from bulk film?


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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