ECN-2 film, often known as movie film or cine film, and made widely available in the form of Cinestill branded film, is great for what it is, but using Cinestill film in C-41 always bugged me. The colors always seem a bit off, it comes off as overly grainy, and the lack of antihalation layer on Cinestill really doesn’t work for me in daylight. Also, Cinestill branded film is expensive! Given that I’ve seen movies shot on film, I knew that these problems weren’t the fault of the actual Kodak ECN-2 film itself. It’s due to lack of remjet and cross processing. So, why not just shoot the proper film and process it properly? Well….
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