CineStill has been embroiled in a massive controversy due to a combination of how the company has elected to defend its trademarks -- trademarks that many in the analog community do not believe CineStill should have been granted -- and how CineStill's actions have been interpreted, or in at least one case, fabricated.
CineStill, once one of the most popular film brands, is facing widespread backlash for defending its trademarks in a manner that is being described as intimidation and bullying.
CineStill has sold motion picture film and analog photography equipment to still photographers for over a decade, including the company's popular CineStill 800T high-speed color film. The company now finds itself embroiled in a major controversy within the analog community, and the situation has devolved into allegations of intimidation and harassment.
The CineStill CS-Lite is designed to provide film photographers with higher-quality light output and improved color management for scanning 35mm and medium format film with a digital camera.
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CineStill's 400Dynamic film that it launched as a crowdfunding campaign in late March has raised nearly $680,000. It has been so successful that the company is now making the stock available in 220 format as well.
CineStill has announced a new 400 speed color film for 35mm and 120 medium format called 400Dynamic. This 400 ISO daylight-balanced color film is starting in limited supply now with plans for larger-scale production down the line.
CineStill has announced a new limited edition medium format red scale film called RedRum. The images made with the film have a monochromatic red and yellowish tint that the company says makes for "spooky" imagery.
CineStill Film has launched CineStill BwXX 120, a classic black and white negative film for medium format cameras which it says had historically been reserved only for cinematographers.
LA-based analog photography company CineStill has just revealed the Cs6 "Creative Slide" 3-Bath Process, a family of slide film development kits that 'demystifies' slide processing and gives you unprecedented creative control over your results.
CineStill has launched new powdered versions of its color and black-and-white film development kits. The new "just add water" kits help photographers save both money and space.
CineStill has just unveiled the °Cs "Temperature Control System" TCS-1000, an immersion circulator thermostat designed to simply and improve at-home film processing. It's essentially a sous vide stick that has been specifically designed for film photographers.
CineStill just announced a "holy grail" of film photography: a single-step monobath called Df96 for processing any black-and-white film. The company says it's the world's fastest process -- one that can develop your film in just 3 minutes, from start to finish.
If you're looking to get into shooting medium format film but aren't sure which film stock to start with, check out this helpful 16-minute video by The Slanted Lens. Photographer Jay P. Morgan purchased all the B&W and color 120 film rolls he could get his hands on and did a shootout to compare the different looks and qualities.
Medium format film shooters have something new to be excited about: CineStill will soon be shipping its 50D film in 120 format, and pre-orders are now open.
Brandon and Brian Wright, better known as The Brothers Wright, are the identical twins behind the craft film company CineStill Film.
CineStill is a company whose sole goal has been to bring motion picture film into the world of still photography by adapting it to properly work inside 35mm cassettes. And despite having two 35mm varieties already, 800Tungsten and bwXX, the CineStill team is looking to up its offerings in a very exciting way.
CineStill is using the popular crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to bring 800Tungsten film into the world of medium format photography.