After Nearly 50 Years, Ilford Are Making 35mm Cassettes Again

[peter_n]

But, how do you get them for loading your own (30.5 m) bulk films?

In the US, not hard to find:

on eBay - 10x

in bulk - 100x

but don't know if you can import to Slovenia.

I was given a box of 100 AP cartridges years ago by my local color lab. They are good quality.

 

[newsgrunt]

And 935 refills to go with them! (Anyone remember those?)

? unless I've forgotten

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

I'm an Ilford fan, I admit. One of the things that got me into photography was a slim A4 book called "FP3 - Film of Many Faces". It is full of superb images shot on FP3 and won a major award for its design. I got my copy from a chemist's shop (pharmacy) in Golders Green Road, North London, during the summer of 1966. I still have it. That and the second issue of the magazine "SLR Camera" are the only items I have from that period.

I seldom use anything other than FP4 these days, so I'm still stuck on those Ilford 125 ASA films!

 

[v3cron]

"HARMAN Managing Director, Peter Elton says, “This is just another example of our ongoing commitment to traditional monochrome photography."

What I personally really need, is someone to commit to traditional color photography as well!

 

[Rangefinderfreak]

World is Black & White, just like TRI-X... For color you need a Bayer filter in your brain...

 

[newtorf]

I have several ilford reloadable 35mm film cassettes that came with the first bulk film loader I bought from some guy. Then I got many other reloable film cassettes later. The quality of the ilford cassettes are far far more superior than the later ones. Very solid and tight. Good stuff.

 

[Mark Wood]

? unless I've forgotten

Up until around the early 1980s, Ilford (certainly in the UK at least) sold pre-cut 36 exposure lengths of FP4 and HP5 (I can't remember if they did the same for Pan F) that you could just reload into one of their normal cassettes. At that time, their cassettes had clip-on rather than crimped ends and they were ideal for re-use. The refills came in standard plastic tubs in normal film boxes and were called "935 refills." I seem to think they were about 2/3 of the price of a normal loaded cassette. They also sold "bulk" film in 5 m lengths which gave you a useful 3 x 36 exposure films. Any old advert from Reids of Guildford in a 1970s/80s Amateur Photographer magazine will reveal the amazing array of films on offer at that time. Happy days!

 

[newsgrunt]

If they could have made those refills for Ixmoo cassettes, that woulda rocked !

 

[semilog]

Plus one except I started art school in the 70's. I'd bulk load again if the cassettes are the same style. So easy to open. Squeeze and a thumbnail is all that is required.

Cal

Plus two except I got a degree in life science instead of art.