Practice Film Roll?

[David Jean Kalver]

Hello,

Jumping into the world of 16mm film and recently bought a K3. I've got some Kodak stock in my fridge ready to go however I wanted to practice loading some film-stock into the camera in daylight before I risk loading the 'good stuff'.

Now I know what you're going to say, practice with some cheaper, 'out-of-date' stock but I was wondering if there was an even cheaper method? I'm sure I've seen some videos of people loading a bolex with plastic dummy stock. Any Idea what this stuff is called and what I should be looking for here?

...Or was I dreaming that up?

 

[Hunter Hampton]

The practice rolls you are referencing are indeed just outdated/expired **** rolls of film. I bought a k3 once and it literally chewed my film up. I would just buy the cheapest film you can on ebay and use that to thread and test it.

 

[Essami]

You can just use a roll that's already exposed as well.

 

[David W. Jones]

You might also consider a loading bag.

 

[JMtheDP]

I suppose once upon a time film LEADER might have been easily available. Not so much now, in 16mm it is probably more expensive than buying an old roll of stock.