Great, thanks for the input. I'll give it a good cleaning wash and load
some B&W. This will take the camera from very expensivc to run, to also
free with loading and proccessing my own film.

Craig


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From: "msg_from_ny" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
To: <minox8x11photography@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 6:27 AM
Subject: [Minox 8x11 Photography] Re: Reusable film cassets


> (I'm trying again because my first attempt at responding apparently
> didn't work... but if you see two different responses, that's why!)
>
> In my experience, opening up both chambers of the cassette and giving
> the pieces a quick wash in cold water, then letting everything dry
> completely before reusing the cassette, works just fine. I've never
> seen any evidence of the light trap decaying due to the chemistry.
>
> In fact, the main cause of cassette failure is the thin bridge-piece
> breaking when I'm bending it too far during sliding the film into the
> light trap when loading the supply side chamber. I've also had the
> bridge-piece break when getting a somewhat stuck cassette out of the
> camera.
>
> I've reused some cassettes as many as eight or ten times, but that
> thin bridge-piece always eventually breaks - it's the Achilles Heel
> of Minox cassettes!
>
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