richard_gallagher1 Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 I'm new to large format. Purchased a Toyo 4x5 and a Fuji Quickload holder. I will have to send my film out for processing. The quickloads will not fit in a double box. What would be the best packaging method for shipping? Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrod_connerty1 Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Take the actual film out of the holder in a changing bag & then transfer to a normal double box, or otherwise find an extra quickload box to keep them in. If you seal the end of the seam of the Quickload it should be light-tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 I use the second method that Jarrod mentions: a second Quickload box. Ask your lab to return the film in that box along with the sleeves, especially if you make any notes about a particular image on its sleeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott walton Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 It's so easy to pull the pieces of film out of the loads. They are attached with a small amount of sticky glue but when pulled, come off easily. Take the Quickloads/Readyloads in the darkroom and pull them apart and put them in a regular film box. I say this because they will be protected with 3 boxes as a regular film box is when shipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanielpaust Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Perhaps I'm overly trusting of the postal service, but I usually just put my quickloads (with the exposed sticker well stuck on) in a priority mail envelope with a piece of cardboard to make sure that they aren't bent. I'm shipping film from New Hampshire to Seattle, and I haven't had a problem yet. Express mail would probably be even better, it would give them less time to mess things up. Nathaniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_santamaura Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Scott, I've never taken a Quickload apart, but was surprised by your description of how easy it is to remove film from the leader and trailer. With Kodak's single-sheet Readyloads I find doing that next to impossible. Kodak's adhesive is so strong that broken bits of black plastic are inevitably left on the film, not to mention my tendency to wrinkle it during the struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_keenan Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 A question for Nathaniel:I recently moved from Seattle to Massachusetts. I miss the terrific service I always received from Ivey Seright (now called something different) in Seattle. Are you mailing back to Seattle for the quality of the labs there? Have you found a comparable lab in New England?Thanks,Tom K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_sherck Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 If your processing is local, ask them whether they have any empty Quickload boxes you can have. Most places which develop film have emptys every now and then. When I took my first box of 4x5 color film in and asked for empty boxes, the clerk brought out a packing case full of them. An embarrassment of riches! mjs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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