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Recommendation for a "high-quality" film changing bag

aldevo

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I'm looking to purchase a "high-quality" film changing bag for loading 35mm and 120 film. I don't really work with sheet films sizes.

By "high quality" I mean "durable". To put that in context - my current film changing bag is now shedding fibers all over my film..resulting in several ruined frames per roll. I don't think I had loaded more than 200 rolls before that problem began.

Any recommendations for bags up to $100 USD?
 
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If it's for home use, keep an eye out for a Fuji FDB12L. More of a box than a bag. I picked one up years ago for about $40.
 
Wish I had enough money to be happy to pay $100 for a changing bag ...
 
pdeeh said:
Wish I had enough money to be happy to pay $100 for a changing bag ...
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Well, I suppose there are a lot of ways to spend $100 USD in this hobby. I got sick of losing 2-3 frames per roll due to threads shed from my current changing bag drying into the emulsion of the film. I don't particularly want to ever deal with that problem again.
 
Some model(s) are not IR-tight.
 
pdeeh said:
Wish I had enough money to be happy to pay $100 for a changing bag ...
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Not really. How many times will it be used to load film into a development tank over its lifetime? When the film gets jammed in the camera it is big enough to work on the camera with plenty of room OR how much would it cost you to drive to a camera store that will take it into a darkroom to fix the problem?
 
I liked the Photoflex when I had it, but mine sat idle for about a decade, and when I tried to use it the other year, I discovered that some sort of black lining had crumbled badly rendering it non-lightproof. Too bad, because the rest of the fabric still appeared to be in good condition.
 
If the photoflex is discontinued, Harrison is the way
 
i have a changing thing you might be interested in ..
check your PM ..
 
I've been very satisfied with my Calumet changing room. I still have a bag for backup but haven't used it in years since I got the tent/room.
 

pdeeh said:
Wish I had enough money to be happy to pay $100 for a changing bag ...
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The OP specifically asked for a "high-quality" film changing bag.
 
pdeeh said:
Wish I had enough money to be happy to pay $100 for a changing bag ...
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but pdeeh, would it be a 100$ changing bag or a high quality changing bag ?
i don't even know what high quality means anymore seeing everything is pretty much
made in the same slave labor/prison labor camp with different tags on them ...
there was a book written a few years back about upscale " high quality " ( as in hundreds of dollars ) designer hand bags ( like goochi )
and how the "knock offs" with mispeelled tags ( like gloochi ) were made at the same time in the same factory... and instead of costing $500- 1000$ they cost maybe $25-50$ ..
 
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