Roll your own film?

[RayPA]

ok, i have a question about bulk loading...

I've done it a tonne, way back in highschool, but what I'm wondering is if i am going to bulk load do i have to develop as well? I've done that way back in the day too, but my memory is a bit fuzzy, how much would some start up kit cost me?

Do you folk print your own too? Or is it digital scans? Should I even bother bulk loading before I have a scanner? Can you develop bulk loaded film at a photofinishers?

You don't have to develop as well. Although, you probably want to have a good relationship with a lab if you don't (particularly if you bulk load color film [of which there are one or two available]). You probably want a pro lab as opposed to a retailer that sticks your film in a mailer, or envelope, and hands it off to a daily pickup (although that sometimes works just fine).

I process then scan and occassionally print, but you can process and take your negs in for a scan to cd, or take them in for process and a scan to cd, etc., whatever works best. 🙂

 

[snaggs]

Reason for the DX coding, is my current film camera, F65 sets the film speed ONLY by DX, there is no manual option.

Daniel.

 

[snaggs]

Ok, since I got my M6, and I dont need DX coding, I got 2 bulk loaders, 1 with HP5+ the other with Pan F+... wow.. its really easy, and I can make short rolls!

Everyone in this forum should be bulk rolling, give it a go, its easy, cheaper and more flexible!

Daniel.

 

[GeneW]

I picked up a few DX-coded canisters at Henrys last week -- iso100 and iso400. This is so I can load them in my Stylus Epic, which uses the DX marking. My other film canisters are not DX-coded.

Gene