Re: HIE long roll

[Russ Rosener <rrosener@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>I've been "rolling my own HIE" for about five years. The downside is rolling
>film in complete darkness. You can closed the lid and use the counter with
>the lights on, but all the rest has to be in complete darkness. Taping
>spools and finding caps, etc with no light is slooooow.

>HIE also picks up the oil off of your fingers like no-ones business.


	One thing you also have to consider about bulk rolling any film is
that the felt trap in bulk loaders are prone to pick up dust & grit. I used
to bulk roll standard 35mm film but gave up because the bulk loader tends
to scratch the entire film roll unless kept meticulously clean. The best
bet for me is still to mail order large quantities of factory spooled HIE
from a vendor like B&H photo in NYC. That eliminates one more variable in
the IR food chain.


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