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Koda-Thrift Ortho type 'free'
« on: March 21, 2016, 12:00:27 AM »
As noted in the 'Just Picked Up' thread, I got a Watson Bulk Loader at a local thrift store. It was labeled "KODALITH ORTHO..." so I peeked and confirmed that there was indeed some film in it. So I paid $14 for the loader (not the greatest bargain ever, but about market price) and got the film for free (my favorite price). I figured that at some point someone had opened it and exposed the film, so I just rolled up a shorty and shot some stuff around the neighborhood. Dev'd in X-tol 1:1 for 10 min and ba-da-bing, pictures! More of the story and more pictures here (The Resilience of Film)


K1000-6556-006 by James Harr, on Flickr


K1000-6556-018 by James Harr, on Flickr
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Re: Koda-Thrift Ortho type 'free'
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2016, 12:55:43 PM »
Free film is definitely the best film when it's good :)
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« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2016, 10:38:43 PM »
I like those, i got 100 feet of this film at our yearly club auction for the massive sum of £0.50

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Re: Koda-Thrift Ortho type 'free'
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2016, 10:44:56 PM »
Oh man those are good :) Especially the second one

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« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2016, 12:55:02 PM »
For some strange reason, I find it pretty addictive to get rolls of mystery film :)
For me, last time was a roll of HP5
I got about 10 rolls of 30 exposures out of it :)
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« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2016, 02:43:19 PM »
For some strange reason, I find it pretty addictive to get rolls of mystery film :)
For me, last time was a roll of HP5
I got about 10 rolls of 30 exposures out of it :)

Yeah, the loader wasn't any great bargain, but the thought of getting mystery film with it cinched the deal.
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