And Double X 7222 - in 16mm.Aka kodak double X 5222. Previously only in 135.
I saw that today too, what great news !Cinestill have launched BwXX in 120 format.
Aka kodak double X 5222. Previously only in 135.
https://emulsive.org/articles/news/...ographers-for-the-first-time-in-medium-format
I totally agree. At that price it makes Ilford HP5+ look like chicken feed, cost wise. Rate HP5+ at an EI of 250 and I bet one would be just as happy. Plus, you'd still have some change left over to jiggle in your pocket. I refuse to pay inflated prices for any film just because it's a little "different". It has to do something really special for me to reach for my wallet. Something like Fuji Acros 100 for its reciprocity advantage. Now the extra cost becomes worth it. Just my Dutch opinion......................JohnW$12 a roll at Freestyle. Yikes. I don't think I'll be buying any.
It's not as special an emulsion as everyone wants it to be (though a 250 speed BW film is handy to have), but it does suggest that Cinestill are selling enough of the stuff to be able to get it custom slit to width to package in 120 - or that someone is shooting a film in 65mm B&W.
I don't get the fascination with stuff like this. I shoot TMX and TMY along with quite a bit of FP4+ in roll films. Ilford and Foma in the little bit of sheet.
Who is converting this?
BTW the movie "The Lighthouse" mentioned in the Emulsive article as well as Cinestill site was cinematographed by @Jarin Blaschke.
Can you buy a roll of 35mm from Eastman Kodak? You would need to spool it in the dark. I can see the appeal, I'm just wary of the handling. If I knew that a professional outfit was converting it to 120, that would be nice. Backing paper???While I'm not paying $12 a roll for it I really like the emulsion. I've been using it in 35 and 16 and it's worked very well for me. I used to use Plus-X, and while this is grainier it is a good replacement. It's also very cheap in 35mm if you know where to look. I view it as a slower Tri-X.
Can you buy a roll of 35mm from Eastman Kodak? You would need to spool it in the dark. I can see the appeal, I'm just wary of the handling. If I knew that a professional outfit was converting it to 120, that would be nice. Backing paper???
I'm sticking to EK, Ilford and Foma. BTW, people need to revist FP4+. It's a magical film IMHO. I'm a big XTOL guy, but I develop my FP4+ in Adox Rodinal 1+25, it's about as old school as you can get. Print it on a DW FB warmtone paper, tone in very dilute selenium and or gold. Religious experience
Is this a "classic" emulsion, i.e. without dye sensitization, like Adox CHS II?
I am SHOCKED that people on photrio are complaining.
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