Buying Bulk film

[Soloris]

I need help finding a site on the internet that carries Ilford film in bulk. If anyone has any suggestion I'll be glad to hear them. 8)

 

[ksmattfish]

How much bulk?

Most places carry 100' rolls. I like

www.freestylesalesco.com

www.adorama.com

 

[voodoocat]

B&H photo has Ilford bulk film. HP5 and FP4 is $25.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...0_630&shs=&ci=333&ac=&Submit.x=37&Submit.y=10

 

[Soloris]

Thank for the suggestions. 8) By any chance does anyone know of a site called auto somthing that sells film?

 

[tr0gd0o0r]

This is somehwat on topic, but I was wondewring how many frames there generally are per foot in fulk film. (esp wondering about frames/ 100 ft)

 

[voodoocat]

I was told you can get about 18 rolls of 36 frames from a 100' roll. that is $1.40 a roll for 36 exposures. Another advantage to bulk loading is you can load a few frames if you don't want to shoot a whole roll of a subject. You lose a little bit due to allowing for the film head to load into your cam.

 

[tr0gd0o0r]

a friend of mine is starting a class, and I was just wondering if it would be much cheaper to buy the film in bulk or not. Filmwise it definitly is, but w/ a loader I dont know.

 

[ksmattfish]

A new loader is $30, a used one even cheaper.

It can depend a little on frame spacing of your particular camera, but I get 8 35mm frames to a foot of film. If I'm very careful about loading I can get about 30 rolls of 24 exposures out of 100' of film. If I'm sloppy it's more like 27 rolls.

 

[oriecat]

This thread reminds me that I've been wanting to ask about the bulk loader I got in an ebay lot. I want to test it prior to putting 100' of film in it, in case it is too old and is no longer light tight. So I thought I could cut a piece of photo paper and put into it, then leave it sitting around for a couple days, then develop and see if it fogged at all. Would that work? Thoughts or other suggestions?

 

[ksmattfish]

That would probably work, but I'd just use a strip of film.

 

[Bob_McBob]

A new loader is $30, a used one even cheaper.

I got my Alden 74 (better-build Watson) for $10 new in box on eBay .