Your time must be really valuable. It takes 30 seconds to load a roll of film.I just thought my "time" was more valuable shooting and printing in the darkroom than bulk loading film.
No idea. I've been bulk loading for four decades. Saves about half over prepackaged film and I always have it available. One roll in the loader and one on the shelf. I prefer the Lloyds loader to the Watson.
Your time must be really valuable. It takes 30 seconds to load a roll of film.
Sir,Rather a lot of bulk rolled 135 film, wheelbarrows of the stuff in fact.
I purchased my current style of bulk film loader in Germany in 1982, a Kaiser, since then I have about 6 of them. In current use my four most used are here on my enlarger table. Essentially they are the same unit, just with different branding on the outside. I have used cartons of the plastic screw type of cassette for yonks. Currently using the remnants of a 50 box carton. I usually use them for about 30 rolls of film each then discard, although I have been known to use some for lots and lots of rolls.
The other pictures are of some of the used cartons, some of the used tins (gave away about 100 of them a couple of years ago, plus, for years they were used by the smoker in the house as ashtrays with the changeover being about one new one every couple of months). In the refrigerator there are about 13 x 30m bulk films ready for whenever.
Mick.
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Sir,
Are you planning to sell some of the 100 feet roll for low price, if yes and if the price is affordable; I will buy from you.
I was searching for low price expired films for sale and it was listed in WTB classic section
Thanks
Sir,More than 150... presently 25 in my fridge.
Check out the fresh bulk rolls of Ultrafine Xtreme available for about $34 for 100 feet. You'll probably find this to be cheaper than expired bulk film.Sir,
Are you planning to sell some of the 100 feet roll for low price, if yes and if the price is affordable; I will buy from you.
I was searching for low price expired films for sale and it was listed in WTB classic section
Thanks
Zero here also. I was gifted a Watson 100 with a partial roll of Tri X Pan in it, which I promptly ruined by opening the loader. (I didn't know there was film inside).
My father introduced me to bulk film in the 1960's and it was available in 50 & 100' lengths. I remember the 100' lengths costing about $25 and the Lloyd loader under $10. Everyone said the Watson was better, I never thought so, it was easier to make a mistake with it and it cost almost 3 times as much. I eventually owned 3 Lloyd loaders, loaded with FX,PX, and TX. I used the Kodak snap cap cassettes. In recent years I switched to TMAX and Ilford films and added more loaders both Lloyd and Watson (still not liking the Watson). While I got into color printing I never ventured into color bulk films because I didn't have lab that would return my cassettes.
But my favorite format has always been 6x6.
But these are just fond memories now, digital has killed all the fun, but at the present cost $129 for 100' of my favorite film i won't be buying 35mm film any time soon. 120, maybe.
I messaged you sirI still use a lot of bulk film but that has been slowing down in the past couple of years. For the past two years I have shot more 120 roll film then 35mm film. Even the 4x5 and 8x10 use is starting to increase. The prints are just a lot nicer and even the scans are better. A refurbished 6x6 Agfa provides amazing quality and tonality and it is far less expensive then a Leica. If that trend continues I may be selling an awful lot of bulk 35mm film sometime down the road.
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