Ilford HP5 PLUS 400 Bulk roll - exposed and how to load?

Xmas · Jun 11, 2014

Hi Tom

Id have a 45 under the pillow in case of intruders.

Noel

Tom1956 · Jun 11, 2014

I live in the country, so far back in the woods no self-respecting ghost would come up to my house in the dark. I got guns too. Kinda rusty, but I'm pretty sure they still work. My weapon of choice is the shotgun for the possums that get in the garbage can, when I can remember where the 1/3 box of shells are around here. I'd like to knock a knot on a few people's heads, but nobody around here needs killing. But I keep my trusty Nikkormat on the nightstand, and if you come around here, I can get may hands on a roll of film for it real quick. Watch out for me, I'm a bad-a** character.

Terry Christian · Jun 11, 2014

I have a similar exposed roll in a can lying about, of Tri-X. To avoid having to test incremental lengths of it, would it not be a better idea to get out a changing bag, unroll it, and re-roll it simply turned around so that the definitely ruined film is now on the inside?

ic-racer · Jun 11, 2014

Unless the roll unraveled the emulsion was not directly exposed to light. If the exposure was brief some of the roll could be ok. Why don't. You test it and let us know.

Xmas · Jun 11, 2014

The Ilford bulk is tight wound on a 1 inch core and fastened with pressure sensitive tape. If the light was bright the sprocket hole area will be burnt.

Removing four meters and loading next two and using them to test a new lens or adjusted shutter is safe.

If you are penny pinching you could load the first four meters into cassettes but life is short.

Op should get 15 of 135 cassettes (and a short load)after he gets a loader or darkroom.

pentaxuser · Jun 11, 2014

I look forward to dugrant153 telling us what he decided to do and what the results of said action was. It was a gift so even if he has to lose 50 ft then hopefully he has still got a lot of useful film

pentaxuser

dugrant153 · Jun 11, 2014

dances_w_clouds said:
I have a few extra bulk film loaders if you want one. Beau Photo has cheap reloadable cassettes. And like I said if it is still rolled tight you'll only loose the first few ft.

Thanks, dances. As I shoot a lot of black and white and buying individual film can be expensive, I wouldn't mind having a bulk film loader. Will have to check out Beau Photo on the reloadable cassettes.

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As I just moved, I haven't really had a time to get all my dark-room stuff together. Once I do, I'll be cutting off a few feet of this film and then developing the next few feet to see if any damage was done. If it's just a test, could I just develop it and stop bath without putting it in fixer?

Xmas · Jun 11, 2014

No too difficult to tell...

Discard some, load 36 shoot the cat dog budgie wife daughter auto whatever dev & fix dry cut up. you are going to have some bleed into sprockets that will be uniform throughout the reel you need to light table the 36 or contact. Typically one side will be worse than the other.

- if it is not into frame you are ok
- if it is into frame you need another 30m, unless you can justify keeping it for experiments.

Id scrap 12 foot you will still have 15 loads left

pentaxuser · Jun 11, 2014

Xmas said:
shoot the cat dog budgie wife daughter auto

Sounds a bit harsh. Only justified when KA begins to annoy us again.

pentaxuser

alienmeatsack · Jun 11, 2014

I went and dug up some of the shots from my exposed roll from way back to post so the OP could see that all is not as dire as it seems.

Both of these shots were from the second roll, As you can see the normal 35mm frame area is fully and completely fine. The only issue is the sprocket area. The first roll was a loss however, but it was the roll that took one for the team so to speak.

Dennis S · Jun 11, 2014

Send me a PM and we can figure out a convenient spot & day for both of us

dugrant153 · Jul 9, 2014

UPDATE:

So I managed to process a bit of the roll and it seems that, after a few feet, it clears up and looks ... OK and usable.

I was actually pretty impatient and tried out a bulk roller, hoping that somehow the roll I used had the "still OK" parts of the film. Thankfully, I cut just past the OK section so looks like my first bulk roll should be OK.

thanks to Dennis on helping me get started up on bulk rolling film.

Xmas · Jul 9, 2014

What you need next is an expired 400 or 1000 feet of cheap or free cine.

Dennis S · Jul 9, 2014

dugrant153 said:
UPDATE:

So I managed to process a bit of the roll and it seems that, after a few feet, it clears up and looks ... OK and usable.

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I was actually pretty impatient and tried out a bulk roller, hoping that somehow the roll I used had the "still OK" parts of the film. Thankfully, I cut just past the OK section so looks like my first bulk roll should be OK.

thanks to Dennis on helping me get started up on bulk rolling film.

Looks like the rest should be good. Edges never matter anyways. Happy shooting.

Ilford HP5 PLUS 400 Bulk roll - exposed and how to load?

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