CineStill celebrated it's 5th birthday in 2017, having quickly developed a fantastic reputation world-wide for their innovative approach to fulfilling analogue needs. They are specialists in converting rolls of cinema film - designed for movies - into batches of 35mm and medium format film that can be used in thousands of cameras, and developed in any minilab in the world. Their passion is for everyday photographers to have the same access to high-quality emulsions as Steven Spielberg, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, and The Coen Brothers! Sometimes referred to as Cine Still.
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great for low light actually; I rather like the higher saturation, relatively pleasing on the eye and fairly soft skin tones, it almost gives portraits a modern look which you cannot get with top spec cameras or digital. the depth is interesting; I will get bac to you on that one as I have only done one roll so far. My low rating is mainly based on the behaviour of this film in full light, the highlights are easily blown and the wider dynamic range seems to be only available in lower light or indirectly lit up scenes.
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Blain K. (Islington, GB)
Perfect for:Portraits, Landscapes, Street Photography, Architecture, Creative/Abstract, Travel, Studio work
Accreditation Handles:BK
Brilliant!
Love this film. I just wish the UK had better weather to suit it! It is a little expensive so I only use it when absolutely necessary.
I ordered a roll of this to try out while we're not in the darkness of winter...
At an ISO of 50, the shutter speeds can be slow, and I actually ended up shooting it at 100 instead. Cinestill claim it doesn't need to be processed any differently up to 100, although I did note I used 100 when sending it off to AW for development- I am unsure if they ended up adjusting dev time or not.
The results come out nicely with minimal grain as you'd expect. I scanned using NLP, selecting the Cinestill profile and Cine-D white balance. This gave a slightly cool/green result which I was happy with and only needed minimal adjustments to exposure on some images.
Sadly the last 2 shots were spoilt by light-leaks. Not sure if this was me unloading in bright light or something else - the camera has been fine previously...
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Michele W. (Didcot, GB)
Perfect for:Landscapes, Street Photography, Travel
Accreditation Handles:Michele W
Special treat for a summer's day out
I was excited but also a bit daunted to get this in a mystery box and had to think how to attempt to do it justice. In returning to film I've been trying to stick to B&W but it felt like a worthwhile exception, though I was full of trepidation waiting for the results. I needn't have feared: this film seemed to stride with ease from shadows to highlights with gorgeous colour in between and bags of detail. I can feel the sunshine oozing out. Both bright and more subtle colours came out beautifully.
I got a few tiny spots of halation, around reflections off cars, but not distracting and I find them rather charming.
It's understandably not a cheap film but I suspect I may yet get tempted again for a special expedition, as long as I can give my shots the time such a classy film deserves.
YaschicaFlex C, processing & scanning by AW.
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Frank D. (Southgate, GB)
Perfect for:Landscapes, Travel
Accreditation Handles:Franklin Dack
Good Solid Film
I’m still quite new to film photography so I’m not certain how good of a judge I am but I enjoyed this film. Like other reviews have mentioned, it does handle sunlight very well but I would recommend using a slower shutter speed/wider aperture if you’re going to be taking photos in the shade. Pictures are high quality and detailed, not very grainy, and the colours look very nice. Not certain if I’d reach for it again but that’s just because I’m still trying to work out what films I like the best. Pretty good film, if a little pricey. (I got it from a mystery box though so I lucked out a bit there).