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Response to Rolling Film

from Michael Goldfarb (mgoldfar@mobius-inc.com)
Just as an FYI, there are even a bunch of us maniacs cutting down 35mm film and reloading cartridges for subminiature cameras. I do it with T-Max 100 and other emulsions for my Minox. Since a 36-exp roll of 35mm film yeilds FOUR 36-exp Minox rolls, that's some awfully good film economy. Especially since factory loaded Minox film, being a specialty item, is pretty expensive - as much as $8 a roll.

But getting back on topic, I used to bulk-load Tri-X over twenty years ago. It worked fine, but if you're going to shoot any kind of real volume (and especially if you're doing important or professional work), it seems to me that you'll do nearly as well buying stuff by the brick from the big dealers and stock houses. And then you know each roll has gone through Kodak's (or whoever's) quality control...

(posted 9013 days ago)

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