Tri-X 400 some history

I used to buy it in 100 foot rolls and then "Roll my Own" I kept a supply of Reloadable Metal Film Cassette for Bulk Loading around just for reloading. Then shoot and come home and process the film and then print contact sheets and pick and choose the ones to print with a loop. Then print.

So much easier to pick up my Nikon D7100 (The best camera ever made Bar none) shoot and load into the computer and process with Lightroom and Photoshop and post online and all in the time it took to Roll the film and get it in the camera.
 
And a totally different kind of pollution to get the job done.

(I was a bulk-loader, too)

When I think about all the chemicals I poured down the sink at home. Once I moved into operating commercial lab gear we had units that all the waste liquids had to pass through that pulled all the heavy metals (Silver) out of before the rest was washed away. I got a lot of silver back in the form of 10 oz bars every month.
 

RobV

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I got a lot of silver back in the form of 10 oz bars every month.
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Blacktop

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I used to buy it in 100 foot rolls and then "Roll my Own" I kept a supply of Reloadable Metal Film Cassette for Bulk Loading around just for reloading. Then shoot and come home and process the film and then print contact sheets and pick and choose the ones to print with a loop. Then print.

So much easier to pick up my Nikon D7100 (The best camera ever made Bar none) shoot and load into the computer and process with Lightroom and Photoshop and post online and all in the time it took to Roll the film and get it in the camera.
Might want to put a smiley face next to that comment. People might think you're serious...:indecisiveness: ( I have nothing else to contribute to this thread. I may make a silly comment about rolling your own, but will wait and see how this plays out first))
 

mikew_RIP

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Might want to put a smiley face next to that comment. People might think you're serious...:indecisiveness: ( I have nothing else to contribute to this thread. I may make a silly comment about rolling your own, but will wait and see how this plays out first))

Stop picking on Don,too much of it going on:D just for speaking the truth.
 

mikew_RIP

Senior Member
When I think about all the chemicals I poured down the sink at home. Once I moved into operating commercial lab gear we had units that all the waste liquids had to pass through that pulled all the heavy metals (Silver) out of before the rest was washed away. I got a lot of silver back in the form of 10 oz bars every month.

Used to get some of mine back by dropping a copper coin in the chemicals:D
 
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