tommonego@gmail.com Posted October 17, 2022 Share #21 Posted October 17, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) I don't like plastic cassettes, there are metal ones available that have tighter caps. I got mine at Freestyle Camera. For tape, I was doing a lot of bulk loaded E6 a while back, the labs I took the film to really didn't like masking tape, said it gummed up their machines. One lab gave me a roll of the 3M tape they used, much stickier. The one thing to remeber no matter what tape you use is to have the tape adhere to both sides of the film. If you are processing the film yourself masking tape is fine, but labs may not like it especially if you are sending in multiple rolls. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted October 17, 2022 Share #22 Posted October 17, 2022 39 minutes ago, tommonego@gmail.com said: the labs I took the film to really didn't like masking tape If I’m going to be bulk loading film canisters, may as well do my own development too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrogallol Posted October 18, 2022 Share #23 Posted October 18, 2022 On 10/10/2022 at 6:53 PM, Pyrogallol said: Buy these ones before I do. I have several of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-RELOADABLE-PLASTIC-35MM-FILM-CASSETTES-JESSOPS-NEW-OLD-STOCK-REUSABLE/204103113233?hash=item2f857e5a11:g:xdUAAOSwLSJjMbSm&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAAoGTj5LqpgKB2w1O/YqBo5LQVECcO5l+qXjx/RASc3XerZf3ZxCyzbIHQ84ujlmJPsgZ4+6wzbJjwTB1tskLhV7NYWAWmw9rhNrvZYGEF5oVH+sgG2F4jbOqc6Dtm9bioDLgJCy94koZE7Eh5vJkUSFHqugF+uv8VUhAWtPjtc7yYZwAkqwCqYrIfFBfaC13JZpiI/Y71tRSMU99OWbIVpDY=|tkp:Bk9SR-bctbD4YA&pageci=eddcde76-dd98-450c-b3fd-a5e89866917b&redirect=mobile I have now revised my recommendation on plastic cassettes. I think now they are not the best if you are using older screw Leicas, I think the early bodies have tighter tolerance on the size of the cassette causing the plastic ones to be a tight fit and can jam when inserting them. I just went to load one in an early 111 body and it did not want to drop in. The FILCA cassettes are best for screw bodies. But even then they can vary and the odd one might not engage with the base locking key on some bodies, but be ok in others, but they are all getting on towards 100 years old. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommonego@gmail.com Posted October 18, 2022 Share #24 Posted October 18, 2022 vor 16 Stunden schrieb OThomas: If I’m going to be bulk loading film canisters, may as well do my own development too. Very true for black and white, but color is a different story. Unfortunately E6 color is rare if non existant in 100ft 33m rolls. I have found 400 ft rolls of positive movie film, but nothing for standard 35mm film. Oh on the plastic cassettes, they didn't play well with my bulk loaders, they wouldn't stay in place and the film would start wrapping around the outside of the cassette, no such problem with the metal cassettes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 18, 2022 Share #25 Posted October 18, 2022 @tommonego@gmail.com I’m only shooting black and white, which I prefer. If I do shoot the odd roll of colour then it will be sent to lab. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommonego@gmail.com Posted October 18, 2022 Share #26 Posted October 18, 2022 I am using film, mostly b&w but not enough to bulk load. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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