Bulk loading film

[Keith]

I've been bulk loading with cassettes from the local one hour for a month now ... it's simple and cheap and I can use 24 exposure rolls which is my preference. I need a couple of more loaders so I can have variation in film ready to load though.

Loading half a dozen rolls takes around ten minutes and is well worth the effort IMO. Nice to breathe life into the discarded free cassettes too!

 

[briandaly]

I've been bulk loading with cassettes from the local one hour for a month now ... it's simple and cheap and I can use 24 exposure rolls which is my preference. I need a couple of more loaders so I can have variation in film ready to load though.

Loading half a dozen rolls takes around ten minutes and is well worth the effort IMO. Nice to breathe life into the discarded free cassettes too!

Keith,
Which loader(s) are you using?

Brian

 

[migtex]

Nowadays, I just used the Nikon F250 cartridges, load the entire Bulk (10 meters) and fire at will!
Develop it is another story..... not so easy!

 

[Nokton48]

I like bulk-loading film. I've got five or six loaders, for 100' rolls. Also you can buy Eastman Movie film, in 400' rolls. Here's the thread I started on using Eastman XX 5222 Movie Film, which has some totally cool retro-qualities.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=52426

Don't need a bulk loader for this stuff. Just stretch out an arms-wide length of XX, snip it off the 400' core, and wind-er-up. Couldn't be easier, and will never have any scratches using this method.

 

[Keith]

Keith,
Which loader(s) are you using?

Brian

One's a Watson and the other one's a Computrol. They have fairly similar actions with Computrol having the addition of a counter that lets you know how much film you have left out of your roll. The Computrol came from Chris N and the Watson from a Nelson forum member. I would like couple more yet to keep in the fridge with specific films loaded. They're always for sale on eBay I've noticed but not too dear new ... around $30.00 from Freestyle from memory for the Watson. Except they're out of stock at the moment! http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_prod.php?cat_id=701&pid=4667

 

[bsdunek]

Do you mean just over a dollar each or is the actual number you get much higher?

AARRRRGG! My math skills are usually better than that! :bang: Wish I could buy them for a penny each. Sorry.

 

[projectbluebird]

How many exposures to a 100ft roll, taking in consideration of lost exposures due to film loading in camera.

Here are some excerpts from a table in an old camera book of mine (1965) including leader and tail.

LENGTH OF FILM REQUIRED FOR ANY NUMBER OF EXPOSURES
exp. in./cm.
01 11.5/30
10 25.25/64
12 28.5/72
24 46.5/118
36 64.5/164
38 67.5/171​

The original table is from 1 exposure to 38, inclusive. The full rolls per 100' using these number work out to 42 12exp, 25 24exp, 18 36exp, and not quite 18 for 38exp.