It has been a long time since I have done bulk loading. Bulk loaders are so cheap right now, that one could have several with a different kind of film in each (assuming one shoots more than one kind of film).
No need to bulk load the entire roll in one session. To do that you would need a pretty big supply of reloadable canisters. Obviously, the more exposures you put in one canister the fewer you need (and the fewer frames lost to waste), but one of the advantages of bulk loading is that you can make 12 exposure rolls (if you like). Less time with film waiting in the camera for exposures to finish a roll (as often happens with longer rolls). Dust is your enemy. I'd suggest keeping the bulk loader in a gallon zip-lock baggie with a packet of silica gel. On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > I've been shooting a bit of 35mm B&W these days and finally broke down and > bought a daylight loader for bulk rolls and some reloadable canisters. I'm > sure someone here has done or does do the bulk film loading thing... > Question that I'm wondering about - is there any problem with just putting > the 100 foot roll into the loader and then filling canisters as needed, or > is there a reason why you should load up the whole bulk roll in one session? > Although I do shoot a fair amount of film it would take a month or two to > use up the approximately 20 rolls I'd get out of a 100 foot roll.. Is it OK > to just load up a few canisters as needed, which means the bulk roll would > be stored in the loader, or should I load it all up at once? > > TIA - > > Mark > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter Galassi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
