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”
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Light Leak – Part 2
Continuing to ignore the basic rules of scientific investigation, I followed up on my search for a light leak with a 12-exposure roll of HP5 Plus, bulk loaded in a Leica FILCA cassette, shot with a Leica IIIf, exposed at ISO 800, and developed with Ilfosol 3 (1+9). I took particular care to remove my Apple Watch before the film and the developing tank went into the changing bag. I made no particular effort to otherwise protect the film in the cassette from the ambient light. As soon as I took the developed film out of the tank I could see that there were no light leak issues. The negative margins were clean and clear. So what do I know now? Continue reading “Light Leak – Part 2”
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