Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Back in the 50s, I bought Plus-X in 50 ft rolls, and it was really cheap to use, and worked fine. When I was in the USAF, we even bought Kodachrome in bulk, and found a way to get mailers, so that Kodak processed it and mounted it, until they caught on to what was going on. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 4/8/2016 3:45 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: > I am not sure if you are happy or not about the offering.... at $80 for > 100 feet, and 3 feet in length per 36 exposure roll, that is roughly $2.50 > a roll. > > If you purchase a master roll, and you need to slit it, or find a really > rare bulk film winder for longer than 100' rolls, or you are expecting to > hand roll this stuff yourself form the really long master roll,. this > stuff may be considered cheap.... > > For those who have no idea what type of film this is, it is Kodak Super > XX film made for use in movies. It PROBABLY is slightly different than > still camera film is some way ( movie film was reputed to not have an > anti-halation coating on the back) > > Super XX film is old fashioned, silver rich, B+W... Technology from > probably the 40's.... > > It is one of the cult films. > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Mark Kronquist > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2016 9:03 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Fill Shooting today (still looking for 5222 bulk) > $2.50 SRT FTb etc > > Yes but it comes in a 400? master roll for about $225 Thanks >> On Apr 7, 2016, at 10:24 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> >> wrote: >> >> http://filmphotographyproject.com/store/fpp-eastman-double-x-5222-35mm-x-305m-100-ft >> >> Does this look like what you want? >> >> Frank Filippone >> Red735i at verizon.net >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On >> Behalf Of Mark Kronquist >> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2016 10:14 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: [Leica] Fill Shooting today (still looking for 5222 bulk) $2.50 >> SRT FTb etc >> >> Stopped by a large Puget Sound Camera store (Not Glazers) today and was >> offered three ream paper boxes of untested Minolta XK XE SR-T XG XD, >> Canon EF FT FTb, Pentax K1000, Nikon FM2n, Couple Nikkormats and two >> Rollei 35s plus perhaps 100 well loved normal lenses and god (Visitor >> Series 1, Kiron, Sigma 21-35, Tamron Adaptable) fixed and zoom lenses for >> $60. >> >> Sold >> >> >> Went to my hotel room, stole the MS76s from my OM-3 (it a D3 and a 500C/M >> were the shooting cameras this trip? >> >> Two glasses of wine and hours later I have fifteen working cameras, >> perhaps fifty spare lenses and a box of bodies for parts and a box that >> needs more tools than I have here (MD12 to short Nikon FM2 to reset it >> etc) >> >> So I need the cheap film more than ever and Newspace Gallery and the >> Scouts are going to have Christmas in mid-April. >> >> My Dad shot with Minolta XK, XE-7s, XD-11s and SR-Ts when I was growing >> up. I mowed lawns to earn my first ($125 in ones and fives rode two miles >> on my bike thought I would be mugged (in Lake Oswego) the whole way there >> and back?Here?s to dad, I now own an XK, an XE-7 a couple XD-11s and a >> slug o lenses for less than couple Starbucks drinks or a sox pack of >> micro beer. >> >> Gotta figure out why the Rollei 35 B advance is not working (I fixed the >> German one). >> >> Thanks Mark in PDX >> >> Ask your dealer who knows what lurks in the odd corner >> >> >>> On Apr 7, 2016, at 10:48 AM, Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Jim, >>> >>> Yes, and just about everything else. >>> >>> I forgot to mention it?s 3 cam. >>> >>> Bob >>> >>>> On Apr 7, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have one also, Bob. Great lens. Especially good for flowers. >>>> >>>> Jim Nichols >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>> >>>> On 4/7/2016 12:40 PM, Robert Meier wrote: >>>>> I have a 60mm f2.8 Macro-Elmarit-R with 1:1 adapter that I?d like to >>>>> sell. Glass is clean and clear, some wear on the barrel. >>>>> $500. 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