The Red Horse

I dropped off some rolls of 120 last week at a local developers. Whilst there I asked about replenishing my stocks which had run totally dry, specifically Kodak Portra 400NC, which is what I was having developed. The guy serving me checked his system and said he could order it in but the price per roll was more than twice what I had been paying in Australia. I sent an email to the guy I normally got film from when in Australia and got a response today. In his words “400NC 120 has gone the way of the Dodo”.

Unfortunately Kodak have decided to discontinue this film, along with its stablemate 400VC, replacing them both with a single Portra 400. Bummer, though I’ve read that its closer to the NC than the VC, which I see as good news.

So here are a few from my very last rolls of Kodak Portra 400NC (RIP), from the Sunshine Coast to West Wales.

I just picked up 10 films that I had processed at Costco, not really knowing what most of them would contain. Turns out they span the last 10+ years, including childhood trips to the Gold Coast, the ‘lost’ rolls from Splendour In The Grass 2010 (mostly blurry crowd/floor/close up snaps) and a German exchange I went on when I was 14. Thanks for the memories Costco.

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