400ft Roll Re-spooling

[silvergelatin]

Opaque black bags that will fit in the can are difficult to source. LOL first time I did this I spooled out like 175' or 200' in a 35mm microfilm reel and of course it wouldn't fit in the black bag made for 100' spool without a reel. That went straight into a bulk loader. Second time I didn't use a reel and tried to get close to 100', that fit into a used bag and can nicely. You can fit 2 spooled rolls back in the original 400' bag/can and tape it back up.

Thanks. I was wondering how many reels I could fit back into the 400ft can. I found some black/aluminum food storage bags that are moisture proof and "blackout" (though explicitly not film safe). I figured those in conjunction with the metal candle cans should be enough.

 

[Kino]

I used to laugh at the prices some antique malls placed on 100 foot metal cans, but now they are becoming competitive!

If you have any size film cans, don't toss them. Kodak is not shipping lab stocks in metal cans anymore, but they will sell you a can.

However, be sure to note the minimum order quantity, which is the 3rd column...

https://www.kodak.com/content/products-brochures/Film/Kodak-Motion-Picture-Products-Price-Catalog-US.pdf

 

[eli griggs]

Just use a heavy, clear plastic food saver bag to store the remaining film not yet needed in a 100 foot loader, after using good black electrical tape to wrap the lid to can body.

You can also make a very simple electric knife/sealing bar to size/seal black plastic paper and film bags.

Basically I'm speaking to the wooden board and hinged arm, groved slot, with a stout piano wire/heated by the electrical current from a cell phone charger.

Because it's electric, spend time on YouTube looking at more than one example and to avoid electric shocks.

Cheers.

 

[silvergelatin]

Anyone know how to identify the date of manufacture from my can of 5222? It has a lot of numbers, but nothing that looks like a date. I bought it directly from Kodak, so I'm guessing it's not too old, but just curious.

 

[MattKing]

Anyone know how to identify the date of manufacture from my can of 5222? It has a lot of numbers, but nothing that looks like a date. I bought it directly from Kodak, so I'm guessing it's not too old, but just curious.

Share with us the labelling - we might be able to answer your question.
But my understanding is that Eastman Kodak doesn't keep lots of inventory of movie stock - it should have been very fresh when you got it.

 

[silvergelatin]

Share with us the labelling - we might be able to answer your question.
But my understanding is that Eastman Kodak doesn't keep lots of inventory of movie stock - it should have been very fresh when you got it.

Thanks!

 

[cmacd123]

My last roll of 5222 was made in 2022, and has an emuslion number of 512, so your 524 is fresher than that. (betcha that Kodak had to make a couple of batches to keep their #1 customer Christopher Nolan happy loading 65mm 5222 in an IMAX camera.)

as soon as you develop the first roll, the year of manufacture is now "open" {Kodak has dropped using funny codes to encrypt the manufacture date} and will be the last field on the line that starts with "Eastman". that line should repeat every 18 inches.

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[Kino]

I don't know of any date code on the film can label itself...

 

[silvergelatin]

as soon as you develop the first roll, the year of manufacture is now "open" {Kodak has dropped using funny codes to encrypt the manufacture date} and will be the last field on the line that starts with "Eastman". that line should repeat every 18 inches.

I don't know of any date code on the film can label itself...

Thanks. My developed film says 2024, so I guess it's pretty fresh.

This was my first time bulk loading, and it went quite well. No issues with the 12 or so rolls I've developed so far. The only thing I would note is that the automatic winding thing on the Reflx respooling gadget stops a bit short of 30m. The gauge on my Dayroll reads closer to 20, and I am only getting around 14 rolls per reel. I'm on my third reel from the big one, and the remainder feels bigger than what I've been putting in to the Dayroll. Not a huge deal, but worthy of note.

 

[Christiaan Phleger]

Yeah I wonder just how much EK 5222 Nolan actually exposed in production, maybe a whole Master Roll? How many minutes of 70mm would that be?...

 

[mshchem]

This is what I use. These are what Kodak sold for B&H Eyemo 35mm cameras that used daylight load 35mm cine film, spool off a 100' and the spool and all will drop right into your vintage 100' bulk film loader. These fit standard old Kodak bulk film cans. Kodak used to sell millions of these spools of film. A few people saved the empty reels.

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