Delano, I get about 18 rolls of 36 exposure.
Bruce Friday, November 30, 2001, 7:31:24 AM, you wrote: DM> Along the same lines. how many exposures can you roughly get off a 100' DM> roll? DM> Delano >> From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:25:37 -0600 >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Bulk film >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Delano Mireles" < >> Subject: Bulk film >> >> >>> Can someone explain how a bulk film loader works and when do >> you think it is >>> worth it to use? >> >> You put a long roll of film into the loader, and then attach a >> film cassette to the end of the film and close the thing. You >> then roll off the desired number of exposures into the cassette. >> You can no longer use the film up to the last frame, as it is >> light fogged at the end (unless you tape the film on and close >> the cassette in the dark). >> I think bulk loading is most useful when self processing film as >> most bulk loaded film that I have seen, including my own, has >> the tape stuck too far along the film. It then binds the cutter >> blades on the minilab style film processors and causes a cutter >> failure. This results in the film being pulled off the leader >> card, where it then sits in the developer until someone notices >> and pulls it out. If you are lucky, no one elses film gets >> wrecked in the process. >> Minilabs generally have no way of going dark, so a film fallen >> off in the developer is pretty much a write off. >> William Robb >> - >> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . DM> - DM> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, DM> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to DM> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
