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A very long shot but I am going to ask anyway. I am making a piece of work that needs as many 35mm film canisters as possible, not the plastic containers but the actual metal canisters. I have a couple of stable sources that I could go and collect them regularly, but I need around a couple of 1000s in total so I am just wondering when you guys go to a lab to process your films next, could you ask the lab if they have any 35mm canisters they could give away? If they do, could you either take them for me and I will get you a pint or 2 as payment or ask the lab to hold them and drop me a line so I could go collect them?
I know it's a rather weird thing to ask, and I would go to every single lab in London if time allows, and I am trying my best to call around and visit places, but I am getting a little desperate as I totally under estimated the amount of canisters I need, so I thought if you could give me a little help, I might stand a better chance of getting the work done sooner.
If you have read to here so far, could I just say that I need the canisters not broken, as in they top can't have been opened for the neg to be taken out. Metro, for example, unfortunately opens the canisters by breaking the top so even though they were happy to keep them for me and they have loads, those are no use to me as the canisters have been broken.
Pretty please!!