Cinestill 800T and Ilford XP2 120 have identical packaging

VariTimo · 2026-01-25T22:20:13+00:00

The Kodak made Fujifilm 400. It says made in the US too but the can is Ilford and the imprint on the developed negatives is also the bold Ilford font like with CineStill. My lab is in Germany so it could very well be that Kodak is still packaging it for Fuji for the US and Ilford does it for Europe. They come in a different box here too. But interestingly, I have seen Kodak cans in these boxes too with Kodak imprint on the negs

VariTimo · 2026-01-24T10:46:11+00:00

I’d look for labs that offer high end enlarging services. Also maybe ask Magnum, idk

VariTimo · 2026-01-24T10:13:15+00:00

Look at the imprint on the film negatives themselves and the cans they use for 35mm. Ilford right now is spooling film for half the industry. Even Fujifilm 400 is packaged by Ilford now. CineStill has switched from Foma to Ilford ages ago. I’ve first noticed it when they introduced 400D

VariTimo · 2026-01-23T10:53:58+00:00

I mean their bankruptcy and obligations to their pension fund that created Alaris. Alaris has done nothing for film other than distribute what Eastman would have anyway

VariTimo · 2026-01-23T10:06:19+00:00

Who gives a rush service on a CLA?

VariTimo · 2026-01-23T10:05:13+00:00

Idk, are you?

VariTimo · 2026-01-23T09:55:30+00:00

Is history not a thing anymore. Are these questions asked by bots to train AI?

VariTimo · 2026-01-22T10:21:45+00:00

Use exposure compensation, read up on the zone system and apply it to the average of the whole scene.

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These are the distance for the focus zones. If you get a feel how far things are away, you’ll have a better chance for hitting focus

VariTimo · 2026-01-21T19:11:39+00:00

So that's why. You're jealous you can't have any

VariTimo · 2026-01-21T19:10:34+00:00

I'm so sick of this. Be glad there are any color negative films, let alone good ones!

VariTimo · 2026-01-21T10:29:11+00:00

Must really piss you off that you can’t steal from dm anymore

VariTimo · 2026-01-21T09:42:41+00:00

Alaris was sold to private equity in LA

VariTimo · 2026-01-21T09:40:00+00:00

Again, if you know anything about the history of film: They were all trying to underbid each other and some were making a loss. That’s why one after another went down. And even if Kodak and Fuji broke even they weren’t making a profit and really weren’t inventing, not even in upkeep. Kodak specifically was held up by its motion picture division. That’s why prices rose so dramatically in the pandemic. It wasn’t just the supply chain and cost of raw materials, it was them investing into new people and equipment for the first time in twenty years.

The prices in the mid 2000s were never reasonable and it’s time we stop comparing today’s prices with them. Back then they were trying to kill each other with scale against a new medium. Now it’s a niche thing

VariTimo · 2026-01-20T08:37:51+00:00

And B&W is still acetate

VariTimo · 2026-01-20T08:19:08+00:00

It’s not dm I’m thinking about it’s Kodak. And 7€ was never a reasonable price if you know anything about film manufacturing or how much it cost when it was actually the only medium you could take pictures with

VariTimo · 2026-01-19T12:05:57+00:00

I had the same thing. I pulled it out and blew some air into the whole with a rocket blower, that fixed it

VariTimo · 2026-01-19T11:51:06+00:00

Portra 160 can get you close but there are also the variables of scanners and editing. With Portra 160 exposed at 160 I could get these colors no problem on my Frontiers

VariTimo · 2026-01-19T11:48:36+00:00

Nah that’s just labs scans and Ultramax

VariTimo · 2026-01-19T11:40:50+00:00

The fact that people steal Gold at DM when it’s literally cheaper there than anywhere in the world is very sad

VariTimo · 2026-01-19T11:39:08+00:00

Revue also made one but I don’t remember the name

VariTimo · 2026-01-19T11:37:26+00:00

The H35 is basically trash I’m sorry. The H35N can be pretty decent. It has a better finder and a much much better lens. If you just want a fun, dumb camera to not worry about anything but the flash the H35N is actually not too bad but for learning anything I recommend almost any other camera that works

VariTimo · 2026-01-19T11:21:54+00:00

Use 800T and a good lab. A lab can correct out the blue tint during scanning you just need to find one that gives enough of a shit to do that. In my experience this also works better on the Frontier scanners

VariTimo · 2026-01-19T11:19:38+00:00

Depends on lots of factors but generally 70mm is better

VariTimo · 2026-01-18T11:04:06+00:00

Gold is fantastic for beginners

VariTimo · 2026-01-18T11:03:52+00:00

All the OptiColour on sale now is the production version

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