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CineStill bwXX Film in 35mm is Back in Stock After a Really Long Time!

Chris Gampat
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11/23/2017
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Last Updated on 11/23/2017 by Chris Gampat

CineStill bwXX has been out of stock and was feared never to return. But it’s back!

Great news for everyone in the film photography world, CineStill bwXX is back in stock. This film is the company’s only black and white film emulsion and unfortunately is not as popular as the company’s 800T or 50D film emulsions partially because it’s fairly rare. You see, CineStill bwXX has been out of stock for a really long time – I want to say over a year. Every time you go to their website and look for the film, you see it isn’t available. But in a recent Instagram story, Cinestill announced the film has returned. And even better, it’s current being sold at $2 off!

For those of you who don’t understand our fascination and love with this film, CineStill is something of absolute, pure magic. The company takes Kodak movie film, and reformats and respools it for 35mm film emulsion use. For the color negative films, it often means removing the Remjet layer that allows it to be processed in standard C-41 chemicals. With CineStill bwXX though, it’s more or less black and white movie film. So if you’re going for a truly cinematic black and white noir look vs something like Ilford Delta in Rodinal, then you’ll want to consider CineStill bwXX. For those of us who love to shoot film, it means there’s yet another emulsion for us to play with and enjoy.

When CineStill bwXX was first available, it was only around for a limited time. So a lot of photographers didn’t really get to shoot with it; but a quick search on Instagram shows you it’s a gorgeous film. While CineStill’s own example above is fairly low contrast, many images on Instagram appear to be high contrast with inky blacks and a ton of sharpness.

CineStill bwXX is available now for purchase at $7.99 a roll, and available in Super 16 movie film too.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.