Re: [APML] Cygnus Widefield

["D. Kodama" <kodama@alumni.caltech.edu>]

George,

I've had very occasional scratches on bulk-loaded film (non- Tech Pan),
but these have always been due to the felt opening on the cannisters
getting old or contaminated with grit so you still risk that problem even
if the film is not from a bulk loader.

I'm also curious as to whether or not anyone has experience having a
commercial (pro) film processing place process individual 35mm or medium
format *color* film chips.  Is that even an option?

Dave




> Many thanks Marty
>
> This is the kind of positive response that I was hoping for. I wasn't
> looking forward to splitting rolls of 36 into three in the pitch black
> of the darkroom and then trying to get the end on the cannister.
> I think I'll have to get a rubbermaid container to put in the chest
> freezer so that assorted films and bulk loaders don't end up slipping to
> the bottom. I have already been told that I can't have the basket as
> that is for this weeks menu.  :^)
> For your schmidt do you hyper individual chips or a strip of film to be
> cut at a later time?
>
> George
>
> Clear skies and good health
>
> Martin C Germano wrote:
>>
>> George,
>>
>> > I remember seeing on someones website that bulkloading tech-pan was
>> > touch and go due to scratches.
>> > Is this true, or is it worth rolling my own 8-10 shot cannisters?
>>
>> With care, you should not have much problem with scratches/static. I
>> used to
>> have problems with scratches/dust when I was cutting my chips for my
>> 5.5"
>> Schmidt back in the 70's (using  un-hypered SO 410 back then), but have
>> had
>> very few such problems when loading onto a reel for hypering. I have
>> bulk
>> loaded *many* Tech Pan rolls for hypering (in fact, I have never bought
>> Tech
>> Pan in less than 150 foot rolls), and rarely have marks that can be
>> attributed to loading. More often I get static marks, which may be from
>> subsequent handling in the field (like very dry, windy conditions)
>>
>> > I guess the bulk loader stays in the fridge double baggied?
>>
>> I have always kept my bulk rolls in the freezer (in a bulk loader, once
>> the
>> carton was opened) in a single ziplock bag (I forget if I bagged them
>> *before* ziplock bags <g>). With "fresh" film it should last for at
>> least 18
>> months (un-hypered) with no *noticeable* degradation.
>>
>> Marty
>>
>> Martin C Germano
>> email: mcgermano@earthlink.net
>> Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~mcgermano
>>
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