[LargeFormat] changing tent vs readyloads

[Jim Brick]

At 09:31 AM 9/29/2002 -0400, Joseph O'Neil wrote:
>         Last year for the first tiem I drove the family for a week long 
> trip to florida and the Keys.  This year I am heading back - stright to 
> the Keys.  The old buildings in Key west are wonderful, as is the 
> landscape in and around all the Keys.
>         Last year I kicked myself for not taking a 4x5 along.  I am not 
> making that mistake this year.  :)   However, I want to take a good 
> supply of film - that's easy, but then what about film holders?  Dragging 
> along a huge box of pre-loaded film holders just isn't going to work.
>         So what do other people prefer - ready loads or a film changing 
> tent?    I already own a Polariod 545 back, but how compatable are the 
> Kodak Ready loads (I shoot only B&W) with the Polaroid holder?
>         The extra cost ofthe Ready loads is not a factor for me as much 
> as you cannot get Tri-X in readyloads (bummer), and i also see that film 
> tents are not cheap, so cost wise, the extra money for readyloads is 
> about the same as a film tent it seems.
>         Any thoughts?
>joe


You buy the film tent "one time" where you have to buy new ReadyLoads each 
time you go out. So the cost doesn't equate. I would never trade Tri-X for 
T-Max.

With ReadyLoads, you are not getting the film that you really want. I 
personally do not like the T-Max films.

I use QuickLoads for color film and holders for B&W as I like Fuji Velvia & 
Provia for color and APX-100 for B&W. I would never give up APX-100 for 
T-Max 100.

So... I do load holders for B&W, and not for color. I think Fuji ACROS is 
available, somewhere, in QuickLoads. I may break down and seek out the 
supplier (anyone out there know?) so that I don't have to load 
holders.  :)   I use Acros in MF a lot and I like it. I just don't like 
T-Max films. Did I say that enough...  :)

Just my thoughts...

Jim