Plastic reel capacity

[Takkun]

My first bulk-loaded roll I accidentally and absentmindedly loaded 45 exposures on it. I just now processed it, and it all fit on an Omega reel, thankfully.
Anyone know how much you can fit onto one?

 

[jwicaksana]

My Paterson reel fit a normal 35mm which is about 38 exposures or so.

 

[andres4ndr3s]

For AP plastic reels about 40 frames, at least for me. It's good to know that omega reels are bigger 🙂

 

[Fotohuis]

Jobo 1501 or 2502 about 42 exposures which is normally the maximum you can put into a 35mm cassette. Then the thickness of the perforated film must be already 100um instead of the regular 130um.

 

[Pioneer]

Forty five frames is a lot of film in a cassette. Glad it worked out for you. I have never tried to load that many. I usually stop at 30 frames on the counter so I get around 24 to 26 good shots depending on the camera. This all fits perfectly with my Printfile negative pages.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I'm currently using Polypan F, very slim film base, but after 42-45 frames it is difficult, impossible to push it all into the reel. Cassette will take around 50 frames of Polypan F, no problem.

 

[Fotohuis]

6 frames is normally the maximum in a regular sleeve. 7 rows so 42 you can still put in one sleeve.
But normally I am loading 35 frames, 7x 5 frames.

Thin layer (100um) Polyester 35 mm films:
Retro 80S, Retro 400S, Super Pan 200, ATP1.1, IR-400S. Polypan F is around 70um, a bit too thin .......
Efke 35mm films were also 100um Polyester.

 

[sevo]

I vaguely remember Ilford offering a (Jobo 1000/Patterson/Kindermann compatible) double capacity plastic reel when they introduced their 72 shot HP5 - apparently most people found other solutions, as few shops carried the reels after the initial hype.