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KevinAllan

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Buying film cheaply
« on: October 08, 2012, 11:00:43 PM »
I thought I'd share a recent experience with picking up some film fairly cheaply. I stopped at a Sainsbury's (in Ponteland, Northumberland, UK) to get some headache tablets and was pleasantly surprised to find a clearance offer on some just-expired Kodak Gold 200 - packs of 3 rolls of 24 exposures for 49p a pack ... 13.3p per roll or 0.68p per frame :D. I bought 12 rolls.

The film expiry date is Sept 2012 and I made the purchase on 6th October, so either a week or a month out of date depending on your method of calculation.

I don't suppose this is a general offer in Sainsbury's, more likely a local clearance - but I thought it might be useful to have a place here to post such news, and sorry if such a thread already exists.

I'm more of a Portra user but willing to trade down at this price - I haven't used this film before but I expect it to be a step up from the Kodacolor 200 recently featured in Poundland.

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Re: Buying film cheaply
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2012, 02:34:56 PM »
Great find.
Kodak Gold is such an underrated film!
It's been the staple of all my photography for years. Colors are not too pop-y and quite nice and tame.
Francois

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Re: Buying film cheaply
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2012, 04:50:25 PM »
Good tip Kevin.
L.