I love trying out new films. My old favorites are Kodak Portra and Fuji Superia but sometimes I like to stray and try something different. I found out about Cinestill through Andrew and have been wanting to try it out ever since I started looking up examples online.

Basically, Cinestill is the same type of film that is used to make movies hence the name “cine” as in “cinema”. The 35mm version is relatively new and is a big deal because it can be processed C-41 which means it can be processed anywhere. It’s an 800 speed which is new for me, I’m partial to 400, and is a tungsten light film.

From their website, it reads:

Today, CineStill brings the wonders of cinema film technology to the still photographer.  Now, anyone can use film in the same lighting situations as new blockbuster movies and TV shows such as Inception, Argo, Lincoln,  all of the Batman movies, Django Unchained, Man of Steel, Les Misérables, The Master, the new Star Track films, the forthcoming Star Wars films, all Wes Anderson’s films, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Boardwalk Empire, Castle, True Blood, American Horror Story, 30 Rock, and the list goes on and on and on.  No more switching to high ISO digital or on camera flash in tungsten lit environments, because CineStill 800Tungsten Xpro C-41 is now available to still photographers worldwide.

If you’ve been following me for awhile you’ll know this film is a big deal because of the post I did on movies that are still shot in film. This is the same type that is used.

Kelsey

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The lovely Kelsey Peterson was the model for the first roll of Cinestill

We shot in Baltimore

And it was like 95 degrees outside.

That curl though.

Sunglasses are from Pepper’s

😀

Trees

Shadows

Overall I liked it a lot. I want to shot it in way lower light – the sun was all over the place and it IS 800 ISO sooooo noise is going to be apparent. I think next time I shoot it it’ll be during sunset or at a time when the light is low. For post processing here I bumped the contrast a tinyyyyy bit and spot healed some dust (scanner needs a desperate cleaning). Other than that everything is as is as the negatives are.

Here are some digital renders of the above shoot:

5D Mark III

5D Mark III

5D Mark III

5D Mark III

5D Mark III

5D Mark III

5D Mark III

Next post will be another Cinestill attempt. Thank you Kelsey for being a lovely model!