Bulk loading: duplicating film: 100' roll with a 2" U-Core

I have a job of duping some 700+ slides. Fun, right?

I looked at duplicating film from B&H:
o 35mm 36 exposure cassette @ $8.49ea
or
o 100' bulk roll @ $51.59

Having 1/2 Scott blood in my veins, I figure I can get 17(?) rolls of 36 exp.
from 100', yielding a bulk cost of $3.00 a roll.

The catch(es) are: the bulk film comes on a "2 inch U-Core" and perforations
are "Standard". I take it this means movie film (Ref Kodak Pub. H-2).

My question is: is there anyway in H. to use this stuff in a 35mm SLR?

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Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio (E-Mail Removed)
Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics.


Nicholas O. Lindan

I have had good results with Kodak Slide Duplicating film 5071. I have
a 100 foot roll that is like any other bulk film that you can use to
load standard 35mm cassettes. I bought it many years ago and do not
know if its still available.

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Manny Bhuta
Randolph, NJ USA


"Nicholas O. Lindan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bevgph$594$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a job of duping some 700+ slides. Fun, right?
>
> I looked at duplicating film from B&H:
> o 35mm 36 exposure cassette @ $8.49ea
> or
> o 100' bulk roll @ $51.59
>
> Having 1/2 Scott blood in my veins, I figure I can get 17(?) rolls of
36 exp.
> from 100', yielding a bulk cost of $3.00 a roll.
>
> The catch(es) are: the bulk film comes on a "2 inch U-Core" and
perforations
> are "Standard". I take it this means movie film (Ref Kodak Pub. H-2).
>
> My question is: is there anyway in H. to use this stuff in a 35mm SLR?
>
> --
> Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio (E-Mail Removed)
> Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics.

"Nicholas O. Lindan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:bevgph$594$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a job of duping some 700+ slides. Fun, right?
>
> I looked at duplicating film from B&H:
> o 35mm 36 exposure cassette @ $8.49ea
> or
> o 100' bulk roll @ $51.59
>
> Having 1/2 Scott blood in my veins, I figure I can get
17(?) rolls of 36 exp.
> from 100', yielding a bulk cost of $3.00 a roll.
>
> The catch(es) are: the bulk film comes on a "2 inch
U-Core" and perforations
> are "Standard". I take it this means movie film (Ref
Kodak Pub. H-2).
>
> My question is: is there anyway in H. to use this stuff in
a 35mm SLR?
>
> --
> Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio (E-Mail Removed)
> Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics.
Don't know about what to do about the large core. 35mm
film comes in two types of perforations (actually more but
these are the common ones). Negative perforations, called
Bell and Howell perfs, and postitive perfs called Kodak
Standard perfs. All films for 35mm still cameras come with
Kodak Standard perfs. However, both run on exactly the same
sprockets. B&H perfs have rounded sides where KS perfs are
oblong with rounded corners. B&H perfs register more
accurately but KS perfs are more rugged and have less
tendency to tear during projection. There are other perfs,
like Cinemascope and DuBray-Howell, but you will never see
them on bulk film.
--

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
(E-Mail Removed)

"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote:
>
> My question is: is there anyway in H. to use this stuff in a 35mm SLR?

Just a warning about bulk-loaded film. You don't mention how you intend
to get it processed. Some photo labs flatly reject bulk loads, since
they don't really know what film it actually is, and they have too often
either screwed up the processing, or their chemicals.

If you intend doing it yourself, no problem, but if you intend sending
it out, check with the lab first to make sure there will be no problems.

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:09:39 -0400, "Nicholas O. Lindan"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a job of duping some 700+ slides. Fun, right?
>
>I looked at duplicating film from B&H:
> o 35mm 36 exposure cassette @ $8.49ea
>or
> o 100' bulk roll @ $51.59
>
>Having 1/2 Scott blood in my veins, I figure I can get 17(?) rolls of 36 exp.
>from 100', yielding a bulk cost of $3.00 a roll.
>
>The catch(es) are: the bulk film comes on a "2 inch U-Core" and perforations
>are "Standard". I take it this means movie film (Ref Kodak Pub. H-2).
>
>My question is: is there anyway in H. to use this stuff in a 35mm SLR?
>
>--
>Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio (E-Mail Removed)
>Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics.

I've had to deal with the 2 inch core before. I rewound the film by
hand onto the old core a regular bulk roll comes on. Gloves are a
must! Laying both flat on a table while rerolling from one core to
another is the easiest, finding something to jam into the hole in the
regular core to use as a handle helps a lot.