Can someone help me identify what film this is?

rpavich · Jul 15, 2016

I bought a Lloyd's daylight loader from Ebay for $5.00 (no handle) and to my surprise it came with what feels like a full roll of 100' of film!

The problem is, I'm a noob and I've not seen a lot of film and I'm wondering what this could be.

Anyone have an idea by looking at the color?

If you can't tell me what you think it is, do you have a recommendation for a good course of action to figure it out? All I could think of is shoot a few frames and develop it and see what pops up.

I'm not even sure it's color or black and white.

Ko.Fe. · Jul 15, 2016

If you develop it as BW, you might be able to see the marks on the edges which film is this.

rpavich · Jul 15, 2016

Ko.Fe. said:
If you develop it as BW, you might be able to see the marks on the edges which film is this.

That sounds reasonable, if it were you, would you shoot it first or just pull some out and develop it?

Sirius Glass · Jul 15, 2016

Pull some out and develop it.

rpavich · Jul 15, 2016

Sirius Glass said:
Pull some out and develop it.

Ok...so I loaded some into my camera and shot a few frames. I developed it in D76 as I would HP5+ and got a blank roll with just the end that was exposed to the light being dark.
No markings either...nothing.

Ko.Fe. · Jul 15, 2016

This is what I was getting with some old, unknown film as well. Just dark.
If it were me, I'll toss it...

rpavich · Jul 15, 2016

Ko.Fe. said:
This is what I was getting with some old, unknown film as well. Just dark.
If it were me, I'll toss it...

Well, it wasn't all dark. The part that stuck out of the loader was black but the rest was clear as if it never got exposed to light.

If it happens again, I might have to trash it. I just shot some in my M6 which I know works just fine so if it happens again...then into the trash it goes.

If it's all clear, could my D76 have died?

rpavich · Jul 15, 2016

I'm in the process of developing it with HC-110B just to rule out exhausted developer.
To be precise, after the last development the film was clear, with no edge markings at all, except that the last 2 inches that stuck out of the loader was black.

So..I just processed it in HC-110B and it came out the same way. It SEEMS like it's clear with a HINT of exposure.
Here is a picture. I shot this at ISO 200 and I shot at several over and underexposures just in case.

So I guess this is just toast.

rpavich · Jul 15, 2016

So this is what was inside; this seems pretty darned cool. I was wondering how I'd know when I'd have enough on the spool, and with this one, I'll know from the outside edges. Even though the film was a bust, this made it worth it to me.

rpavich · Jul 15, 2016

By the way...this is what's going in the loader

Ko.Fe. · Jul 15, 2016

Sardines? My wife just said - caviar.

rpavich · Jul 15, 2016

Ko.Fe. said:
Sardines? My wife just said - caviar.

Lol.
I just got the 100' loaded into the loader and had a couple of cassettes worth left over from 100' roll.

Truzi · Jul 15, 2016

For some reason, the color of the unprocessed film reminds me of microfilm.

MattKing · Jul 15, 2016

Truzi said:
For some reason, the color of the unprocessed film reminds me of microfilm.

Good chance that it is something like that.

If so, you need lots of exposure for it.

darkroommike · Jul 17, 2016

Could also be Kodalith Ortho Type 3

Can someone help me identify what film this is?

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