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<p>I'm in need of a film scanner (primarily for 35mm) and have seen a few Scanviews up for sale ranging in price from $500-1,000. I realize I'd probably need to scrounge up an older computer just to run it, but would a 5,000 dpi drum scan be worth the hassle? Considering that a Nikon Coolscan V goes for at least $500 these days, I'm really interested in knowing if a desktop drum might be a better solution.<br>

Opinions please.</p>

<p>Thanks for the info, gentlemen. All the 100-footers I've ever used (Kodak and Ilford, mostly) have had edge markings, so this was a bit of a surprise.</p>

<p>I recently developed some Arista EDU Ultra 400 and it came out with no edge markings whatsoever. Is this normal? The film was from 100-foot rolls that I purchased a year or so ago. It was exposed at ISO 1600 and stand developed in Rodinal 1:100 for two hours. Outside of a tiny bit of uneven development (need to refine the processing just a bit, me thinks) the images look quite nice. But still, no edge markings...</p>

<p>Sorry if this has been covered before. I searched but came up empty.</p>

<p>Austin, the Watson bulk loader has frame numbers if you'd prefer such a setup. I usually roll 36 exposures per cassette and get 20 rolls out of 100 feet. If you're trying to cut some costs, pick up empty cassettes at your local one-hour (Wallgreens, CVS, etc.). You can simply tape the "new" film onto the little leader sticking out of the used cassette. I use a wrap of Scotch tape around the junction of the leader/new film stock. It works like a charm and as a bonus I no longer have to worry about having one of those snap cassettes popping open on me (it's happened, it sucks). You do have to set your ISO manually, but in practice, that's really not a big deal.</p>

<p>Thank you, gentlemen. For the history/marketing lesson and the advice. I must confess that I am a Rodinal kind of guy myself and quickly becoming a fan of stand development with small-format film. But I hardly ever turn away the chance at free chemistry or darkroom gear, so I guess it's time to run some tests and see how it performs. Thanks again, Rodrick</p>

<p>I was just handed a gallon of T-Max developer and have another quart/liter at home (about 100 rolls worth of developing, all told). So I'm wondering, which film types respond well to T-Max? I would expect the t-grain films, of course (T-Max/Delta), but what else? The massive dev. chart lists just about everything under the sun. Are there any that respond especially well?<br>

thanks in advance,<br>

Rodrick</p>

<p>If you're going to be bringing in that much money, you might as well purchase Fotoquote (http://www.cradocfotosoftware.com/). It will more than pay for itself with this single job.<br>

peace,<br>

Rodrick</p>

Hey Jess, heads up:

 

If you're going to bulk roll you'll need cassettes. You can buy them, but why? Just go to your local 1-hour photo and have them give you their empties. It's easy to tape your film onto the short leader that's left sticking out of the cassette, just make sure you "wrap" the tape around both sides of the leader to avoid an untimely disconnection.

 

I've found re-using cassettes like this much more reliable than using the "snap cap" metal cassettes (which I've had the caps pop off of). It's a heck of a lot cheaper too.

 

peace,

Rodrick

Thanks Larry,

 

I absolutely love (LOVE) Rodinal. Stores forever, easy mixin' and nice crisp grain. I guess it's time to play.

 

And for those who might read this thread at a later date, I laid the loader on its side while loading and the film looks fine. I didn't seen any scratches on the base side whatsoever (which is where the problem would be).

 

rock on,

Rodrick

Thank you everyone.

 

PC B, as far as laying the loader on its side, that was my plan. I'm glad to hear that it works fine that way.

 

Larry Dressler, I've heard that EDU in Rodinal is a pretty bad combo. But maybe I should give it a shot anyway...

 

And a darkroom, what's that?? Man, you guys are rich. I'm loading this stuff in the broom closet and developing in my bathtub! I wish I had room (and $$$) for a darkroom. That's why I'm a bit persnickity about scratches. I'll be scanning this stuff.

 

Well, that and the fact that I'm just a bit anal about my negs...

 

Thanks again everyone.

 

-Rodrick

Hey all,

 

I'm in a bit of a bind and was hoping one of you could be so kind as to help me

out. I just broke open a fresh 100-foot roll of Arista EDU only to find that it

isn't spooled with the standard sized core (I've always been an Ilford man). So

the roll kind of "flops around" inside my bulk loader - not good as far as

scratches are concerned.

 

So if anyone would be willing to send me an old core they have laying around,

I'd really appreciate it (Unless of course someone has a solution I haven't

thought of - that would be cool too).

 

peace,

Rodrick