As I wrote in the last installment of this series the Alden 74 is my favorite of the different 35mm film bulk loaders that I have used. Fortunately when I bought my first example I began using it with my Nikon Reloadable Film Cassettes and Kodak Snap-Cap 135 Magazines. I was very impressed with it. If I had started with a Leica FILCA cassette I would probably have put the Alden 74 in my “mistaken purchases” box and continued using the Watson 100 for all of my bulk loading. Continue reading “Bulk Loading 35mm Film Part 3 – Modifying the Alden 74”
Bulk Loading 35mm Film Part 2 – Bulk Loaders
Left to right Alden 74, Watson 100 and Watson 66. In the foreground is a Shirley-Wellard universal reloadable cassette.
This is the second of three posts about bulk loading 35mm film that I began back in October of 2020. Part 1 was a description of the three types of cassettes I was using at the time. This part is a description of the three types of bulk loaders I am using now. Part 3 will describe a modification I made of my Alden 74 bulk loaders for use with the Leicas FILCA cassette. Continue reading “Bulk Loading 35mm Film Part 2 – Bulk Loaders”
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