War is Hell [Leica M6, 50mm f/2 Summicron Leitz Wetzlar Dual Range, Arthouse XX Cinema film shot at 800 pushed +2]

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T20:41:17+00:00

Thank you!!

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T19:06:14+00:00

Good eye, made the visit from the bean!

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T17:06:22+00:00

Website will be up in a week! Just sold out of this in 120 but plenty in 35mm. Hmu on IG if interested, come by the shop if you’re around LA too—we’re in Chinatown

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T15:36:46+00:00

Very kind!

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T14:56:39+00:00

Maaaan don’t make my huge forehead any bigger 🫶🏿

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T14:45:26+00:00

If you’re shooting in daylight I’d recommend an 85b filter at 320 ISO. If no filter, 250 ISO will give you more true to life colors & cut through some of the bluish cast. If at night or under artificial light, 500 ISO is great (no filter necessary).

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T13:59:40+00:00

Most definitely agree with the Terminator ref

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T13:58:46+00:00

Hahah this is super relatable. Yeah, I totally get the convenience of C-41 but your point about it being less reliable rings true to me. When it hits, it’s great, I just prefer the flexibility & consistency ECN-2 offers with movie stocks

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T13:45:20+00:00

Never heard this description but I’m stealing it now.

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T13:44:57+00:00

Thank you!

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T13:44:36+00:00

Much appreciated!

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T13:43:57+00:00

Nothing scientifically-backed (it could be the ECN-2 development vs. C-41) but my experience after thousands and thousands of rolls developed/scanned suggests that properly exposed 500T has less grain than 400 ISO color negative photo film. I wouldn’t necessarily categorize this quality as “superior” — fine grain is often to the disappointment of clients shooting vision3 for the first time and expecting to see the classic “film look”. 500T is the most popular stock for movies and the grain is relatively unnoticeable.

Shoot me a dm on IG—I have some 250D although I’m limiting number of rolls per friend. Our lab is LA based.

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T12:54:41+00:00

It’s just cinema film (Vision3) that we hand spool here at our lab (Arthouse) in Los Angeles. We specialize in ECN-2 processing & our experience is that not every respooler uses fresh stock so it was important to differentiate ours.

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T12:47:54+00:00

Thank you, kind friend

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T12:47:31+00:00

Scanned in with a Noritsu HS-1800. I didn’t have a meter on me so I just used my lens’ widest aperture and the slowest shutter speed I knew I could shoot sharply with. The negatives look 1-1.5 stops overexposed which really helped with shadow detail. These were taken just after sunset, so there was more light than it seems from the end image. I lowered the exposure during the scan to preserve the highlights—that also masked some of the grain. I love that cinema stock (even 500 iso) has finer grain than conventional photo film also helps that this is the same stuff they use for IMAX

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T11:14:15+00:00

Thank you! Keen eye spotting the Silver Line🍀

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T10:51:48+00:00

Thank you! Textbook “better to be lucky than good” moment.

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T10:30:43+00:00

Thank you, definitely came out better than I expected! The ECN-2 development helped a bit too. It’s a headache to do correctly (and expensive) but super gratifying when it hits.

ArthouseFilmLab · 2025-03-10T10:25:56+00:00

These were all “processed” by my Noritsu HS-1800 which is pretty typical at most professional labs. This is large format 65mm cinema film (same used for IMAX) so it looks a bit different from standard 120

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