+LollyBob Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Where can I get the 35 mm film canisters for micros from? I dont get them anymore since I got my digi camera. LollyBob Quote Link to comment
+Travers Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Just pop into your local photo shop - they will give you a bag full for free. Now, wash my mouth out with soap as micros are not our favourites. Quote Link to comment
+aRRKS Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Any photo shop. Take a bin liner though as they will be glad to be rid of them! Doesn't mean you should though Quote Link to comment
+bobuk Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Where can I get the 35 mm film canisters for micros from? I dont get them anymore since I got my digi camera. LollyBob any of the large chemists that take in films for processing are only to glad to give them to you at no charge. B. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 As a slight alternative, I recommend the '7 cigarette' aluminium tubes you can get for 25p or so at most army surplus places. They come in army green (good) and have a watertight screw-top and seal (even better) Quote Link to comment
+LollyBob Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 Just pop into your local photo shop - they will give you a bag full for free. Now, wash my mouth out with soap as micros are not our favourites. And will I have to wear gloves?? haha...sorry could not resist that after the post I have just read. Thanks for the info. Going to get Bob to ask while he is in London tomorrow. Lolly Quote Link to comment
alistair_uk Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I got a bag off eBay delivered to the door for less that the Metro fare to the local photo shop, but I think I was lucky. Can I add to be careful that you do not go overboard placing micros just because you can. My logic is to try and place a good cache and if a micro is all you can manage then use that. I am not anti-micro like many, but I do dislike a cache that has not been thought through. This often happens with micros and I believe it is because there is no significant cost in placing them. I have gone off on a tangent for far to long and will be quite now. Quote Link to comment
+Gralorn Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Have you a photo of the 7 cigarette tube SP, sounds interesting, but would like to have an idea what I would be on about before I went into a Army Surplus Store. Quote Link to comment
+KiwiGary Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Have you a photo of the 7 cigarette tube SP, sounds interesting, but would like to have an idea what I would be on about before I went into a Army Surplus Store. Here is one that Paul is talking about, its the thing on the right not the big yellow thing See ya...Gary Quote Link to comment
+stora Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Where can I get the 35 mm film canisters for micros from? I dont get them anymore since I got my digi camera. LollyBob How many do you want? I have a bucket full here. Quote Link to comment
+purple_pineapple Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Have you a photo of the 7 cigarette tube SP, sounds interesting, but would like to have an idea what I would be on about before I went into a Army Surplus Store. Here is one that Paul is talking about, its the thing on the right not the big yellow thing See ya...Gary nice orange (or should I say banana) on the left there... Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Spotted THIS whilst browsing for cache containers. I reckon it's the ideal protector for SP's Etrex Quote Link to comment
+LollyBob Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 Spotted THIS whilst browsing for cache containers. I reckon it's the ideal protector for SP's Etrex HAHAHAHA! Good one! Quote Link to comment
+LollyBob Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 Where can I get the 35 mm film canisters for micros from? I dont get them anymore since I got my digi camera. LollyBob How many do you want? I have a bucket full here. Thank you but Bob went and got some today, I think he said there were 52 round ones and 6 oval ones. And all for the grand total of nowt!! We saw a cigar tube one the other day, forgot where it was but it had a pair of tweezers in it to remove the log book. Was rather neat. LollyBob Quote Link to comment
+LollyBob Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 I got a bag off eBay delivered to the door for less that the Metro fare to the local photo shop, but I think I was lucky. Can I add to be careful that you do not go overboard placing micros just because you can. My logic is to try and place a good cache and if a micro is all you can manage then use that. I am not anti-micro like many, but I do dislike a cache that has not been thought through. This often happens with micros and I believe it is because there is no significant cost in placing them. I have gone off on a tangent for far to long and will be quite now. I prefer to do normal caches to micros but I thought that it would be another first for us to do. We have done a few micros and I can see why normal caches cannot be placed in some locations, like the green man we did the other day. If we had not done that micro I doubt that we would have ever seen the green man, and would have missed seeing a lovely new piece of art. We have only placed two caches so we are novices, but I do like to search for a place thats has some type of interest. The Maypole one that we placed was related to the history of the morris dancers, there are lots of people who live close to the location who have no idea it is there. I just love the way this hobby takes you to places that we never knew were there. The one big problem with caching is....work gets in the way!!! Quote Link to comment
+John Stead Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I have once used one of those tubes which the doctor invites me to fill before I next come to see him - used as a cache that is before used for its normal purpose! Quote Link to comment
+purple_pineapple Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I have once used one of those tubes which the doctor invites me to fill before I next come to see him - used as a cache that is before used for its normal purpose! I have an almost infinite supply of those at work - universal containers they're called. I thought they might be a bit breakable, and from experience, they're not particularly watertight/leakproof! Quote Link to comment
+Malpas Wanderer Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Where can I get the 35 mm film canisters for micros from? I dont get them anymore since I got my digi camera. LollyBob I picked up about 60 in Reading today, think it was Station Cameras. This was about a third of the quantity he extracted from his cupboard. No problems no cost, did ask why I wanted them though. So for anyone near Reading you may be able to get some also. Regards Colin Quote Link to comment
+doctor scotland Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 i used to run a photo lab some years ago (before i started caching) and used to get people asking for the empty film pots at least a couple of times a week. one time i asked a bloke why he wanted them and he told me he wanted to make bombs with them! reckoned he was a science teacher or something and he was gonna fill them with compressed air - heat them up and watch them explode! well, i tried it myself using a can of clean air used to blow dust of the negatives - and sure enough those pots did bang!! in hindsight, i wonder whether he was just a cacher and didnt want to explain about his obsession! so, as other posters have said - go to any photo lab, chemist or camera shop and most will be happy to hand over plenty of pots - might be best not to say you're making bombs though!! Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 (edited) Recipe for a Bang (OK, a pop) Wrap up some bicarbinate of soda in some kitchen towel and wedge/glue it into the lid. Put a little vinegar in the film cannister. Put the top on nice and tight, turn upside down and put it down. If you get the proportions right, a few seconds later, POP! Edited March 19, 2006 by rutson Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Wear goggles, and do it somewhere easy to clean with a dent-proof ceiling. Quote Link to comment
+wizard1974uk Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Wear goggles, and do it somewhere easy to clean with a dent-proof ceiling. I take it you've already tried this experiment Quote Link to comment
NickPick Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Recipe 2: fill canister half full of water drop in half an alka-seltzer tablet fit lid stand back this is a bit less reactive than the vinegar/bi-carb, although I've never tried the vinegar version by wedging it in the lid (always just poured the vinegar in ang put the lid on quickly. Quote Link to comment
+LollyBob Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 Recipe 2: fill canister half full of water drop in half an alka-seltzer tablet fit lid stand back this is a bit less reactive than the vinegar/bi-carb, although I've never tried the vinegar version by wedging it in the lid (always just poured the vinegar in ang put the lid on quickly. and all this from a question about micros! LOL Quote Link to comment
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