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Bulk loading your own film

Posted by Haje Jan Kamps

Ah, it’s a proper blast from the past, this one… Did you know you can actually load your own photographic film into 36mm canisters? It’s possible, it’s easy, and it actually saves you a mahoosive amount of money, because buying film in bulk is a hell of a lot cheaper than buying film by film.

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Of course, this being film, it has to be done in your film developing room, in complete and utter darkness. It isn’t, however, much more difficult than unloading and threading the film into your developing tanks, so it’s worth a go… That is, if they still sell film in bulk. I haven’t actually stepped into a camera store for so long, that I wouldn’t know.

Either way, if you manage to find bulk loading film, then you can’t go much wrong by reading The Bulk Loading FAQ - it’s now here on Photocritic- it contains everything you need to know.

Good luck!

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Posted in: All articles • 14 May '06

Insights, suggestions and comments

By wolever on May 15th, 2006 (permalink)

I do this all the time at my school… Its actually quite a bit of fun (and saves a _lot_ of money).

By John Baber on May 18th, 2006 (permalink)

They still sell bulk film at porters.com They have a lovely print catalog, too.

By Pyra Draculea on February 24th, 2007 (permalink)

That Bulk Loading FAQ page is gone.

By Bob Mazzullo on April 18th, 2007 (permalink)

The bulk loading faq is on the ‘wayback machine’ archives. Here is the link:

http://web.archive.org/web/20060127220729/http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/genie/bulk.html

Thanks,

Bob M.

 

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