Everything covering CineStill BWXX on EMULSIVE

My dream come true: Kodak Eastman Double-X film now in 120 format. Available from CineStill to photographers for the first time in medium format…!

by EMMay 26, 2021May 27, 2021

Four years ago, I began wondering if a new film stock at the time, Bergger Pancro 400 had done the impossible; given me a BW film that looked like my beloved Kodak Eastman Double-X 5222 in 120 medium format. It got close but now, in 2021, how about we try the real thing? Available for […]

Film stock review: Cinestill BWXX

by Simon KingApril 4, 2021July 4, 2021

I started writing this article in 2019 and left it as a draft for EM here for quite a while. The reason for this is that while I enjoy writing, I don’t often think that my “reviews” are especially the most I have to offer. I wrote a disparaging follow up to a piece I’d […]

Nikon F100 and Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G - Brian Ferguson

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5 Frames… In Copenhagen with CineStill BwXX (35mm format / EI 250 / Nikon F100)

by Brian FergusonMay 31, 2020July 4, 2021

Scrolling through my Instagram feed introduced me to the wonderful world of CineStill. I had been having an extensive internal debate over which CineStill stock to buy and where to shoot it, but a pre-Christmas 2019 trip to Copenhagen ended up forcing my hand. After the usual trawls through the local camera shops (the best […]

Cinestill BwXX (35mm, EI 250, Pentax Spotmatic SP II), Donna Macauley

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5 Frames… With Cinestill BwXX (EI 250 / 35mm format / Pentax Spotmatic SP II)

by Donna MacauleyAugust 10, 2018July 3, 2021

When Cinestill reintroduced their BwXX 250 film stock, I was intrigued and bought a roll immediately. Like their other film stocks, BwXX 250 is movie film re-engineered for still cameras.