Re: [APML] The frustrations of a half-exposed film

["Bert Katzung" <katzung1@comcast.net>]

Hi Chris:
I quickly got over my reluctance to take a roll out with only a few
exposures on it. (Especially if it's a 24 ex roll. Elite Chrome 200 is
available in 24s over this side of the lake while E200 [the identical pro
version] is only in 36s.) However, before that, I simply opened the camera
back in a changing bag, ran the exposed film into a reusable cassette, and
took that in. My processor always returned the cassette in good condition
and the system worked very well. Most photo shops have reusable cassettes
and changing bags, so it's no technological or logistic feat.
I sure would not wait a week or more before developing. Even if the storage
conditions for the film in the camera are ideal, I would want to know what
changes I needed to make before the next imaging session.
Bert

Bert Katzung
katzung1@comcast.net
www.astronomy-images.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Heapy" <chrish@easynet.co.uk>
To: "'Discussion of Film Astrophotography'" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 1:19 PM
Subject: [APML] The frustrations of a half-exposed film


> My first film (a 36exp) is sitting in the camera half used up. Nothing
> but clouds on the horizon for the next week, and then a full moon. It's
> awfully tempting to get it developed! It's not knowing whether the mount
> is guiding OK that's bugging me. I've got a significant investment
> (exposure time) in that one film already. I wish I could cut my other
> 36exp films up and load into 12exp canisters, but I suppose I would lose
> a lot doing that?
>
> ChrisH
>
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