Re: HIE long roll

[Dan Cardish <dcardish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Only the Lloyd's bulk loader has a felt trap.  The Watson which I know use
has no felt, and in fact, nothing touches the film, so in principle the
film should never get scratched.  I beleive the Alden bulk loader is
similar to the Watson.

Dan C.

At 10:08 AM 07-09-98 -0600, you wrote:
>
[snip]

>	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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