Piper Christian Vierik said to Bob Gearhart at 10-22-03  13:34
 Subject: Photo processing

 Hi Piper

 >  was in Oregon. They sold a lot of military surplus.  35mm in 100 foot
 >  rolls, sold among the bulk gun camera film.

 PCV> I can only imagine what a retail photo processer would think if they
 PCV> received a 100 foot roll of 35mm film to process!  I don't even think
 PCV> it's possible to roll the film enough to fit into a film canister to
 PCV> put into your camera to take photos with, but if you could, just
 PCV> imagine the surprise on the developer's face!  =)

 Chuckle.  I bought a lot of 100 foot rolls of film back then.  Plus and
 Tri X, had a constant free supply of Pan X from other sources, so
 didn't buy bulk in that.  My arms outstretched will measure off around
 forty exposures of 35,  Whack it off, put a tape on the end and roll it
 up in the container.  Remember the reusable canisters Kodak film came
 in back then. Hit the protrusion on the tabletop and the other end
 popped off.  Today you need a can opener I think.  I have six Nikon bulk
 film canisters laying around here, but the foam rubber in the plastic
 film cans has gone to crap and stuck on the bottom of most of them.  It
 would take quite a while to clean should I ever decide to do that
 again.

 The Nikons were great canisters because when you closed the lock on
 the camera back, you opened the canister so the film ran freely from
 one spool to the other without going through any light protecting
 stuff.  Trouble with the reusable Kodaks, and I still have a few of
 them laying about, was the felt would pick up grit and scratch the film
 if you weren't careful, plus the motor drive would run the film fast
 enough to cause static sparks from the felt in very cold places.

 I used a Nikor tank that held four 35 reels, two 120 reels at a time
 and often had the darkroom looking like a single woman's bathroom with
 film instead of stockings hanging all over.

 Anyway the gun camera infrared was processed in the same soup as the
 Ektachrome, which I also bought in 100 foot rolls.  Thinking back to all
 that stuff makes me really love my digital and DV today. 

 PCV> Piper Christian
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