We're excited to announce the arrival of the long-anticipated CineStill 400Dynamic 4x5 color film! Thanks to the support from the analog community, the dream of introducing this emulsion in 4x5 is now a reality. This is the first-ever production run of 400D 4x5, and we plan to make it a mainstay in our film lineup. We've heard your interest in having a new color film for large format photographers and we look forward to you experiencing it!

Photo of a light table with some samples of imitation films processed together in the same tank with 800T as a control.

When searching for CineStill films have you come across any “brand new” color films “made by” random brands lately? Are their claims strikingly similar somehow? Have they cracked the CineStill code? No, they have not… Through thorough quality assurance, we have concluded that true 800T — utilizing our meticulous and unique production process — is the only color film that can stand behind the claim of being both 800-speed and Tungsten balanced. This article will further explain how we came to this conclusion and go into detail showing the results of our extensive testing. We are not here to be nit-picky or point fingers and name names — which might get a little confusing — but some names may sound familiar to you by now. Those “800T” imitations and “400D” generics (repurposed from existing 500-speed or 250-speed motion picture film, respectively) are not representative of the original motion picture film’s quality nor the performance of CineStill films’ sensitivity and color fidelity. Although they may replicate the signature CineStill red halation glow, they are only somewhat comparable to expired film, in that they appear age fogged with shifted color-balance and exhibit a slower effective film-speed (200-400 ISO at best) resulting in a film not suitable for proposed use, let alone low-light photography; that is unless you like underexposed/expired film. For those looking for fresh film, we are fortunate to still have several other excellent high-speed color films available today (even with the recent unavailability of 400H and C200) — from UltraMax and Portra 400 to Lomo 800 and Portra 800 — but 800T is still the only tungsten-balanced, true 800-speed film made for still photography. Anything else, isn’t…

Here at CineStill, we make 4 different emulsions for medium format photographers — 3 color negative and 1 panchromatic black and white film. They are 50D (50Daylight), 400D (400Dynamic), 800T (800Tungsten), and BwXX (Double-X). For a limited time, both 50D and BwXX in 120 are on sale on our website — cinestillfilm.com! Check them out below!

CineStill 400Dynamic is HERE! Since the first announcement of our newest film 400D, we've been getting a lot of questions as to when it will be available to purchase in retail stores. Well, that time has finally come, as CineStill 400Dynamic has landed on cinestillfilm.com as well as at our retail partners across the world. 

400Dynamic was initially available only through our crowdfunding campaign as a pre-order. This was to gauge the interest in a new ISO 400 speed color film, as well as to inform our manufacturing plans so that we can meet the demand of the film community for years to come. The volume of pre-orders that we received during our crowdfunding campaign surpassed all of our expectations.

We have exciting news to share with our 400D backers! We’ve BEGUN to fulfill orders containing NON-EARLY BIRD TIERS! Expect to receive a shipping confirmation email from our online store soon. Fulfillment of these tiers will continue for the next few weeks, and we have several thousands of orders to get through. We sincerely appreciate your patience and support.

In the meantime, as we continue to work fulfilling our 400D orders, we wanted to reach out to address some of the common questions that we’ve been getting.

Our 400D 35mm EARLY BIRD tiers have been shipping out over the last few weeks, which means that some of you have already received your new 400D film! If you ordered an EARLY BIRD 400D 35mm tier and have no other items on your order (including 400D 120) and have not received it yet, you should be receiving it any day now! We have almost 5000 EARLY BIRD orders of 35mm and 120 to fulfill and ship, so we haven't forgotten about you. Look out for a shipping notification in your email inbox soon! [PLEASE NOTE: any early bird order paired with additional items that have not arrived yet / are out of stock will not ship until all the items in the order are in stock].

As one of the backers for our 400D campaign, we know that you’re excited to finally get a chance to shoot our newest film. And believe us, we’re excited as well! We wanted to take the time to update you on the status of our early bird shipping, as that is the first big step in our fulfillment process. Our goal was to start fulfilling our early bird orders in April, and even though the film was finished being made like we had planned, an unforeseen transportation delay in the shipment of our initial batch of 400D due to COVID made it so we were not able to hit our shipping goal.

Our 400D Crowdfunding campaign has been an amazing ride for us at CineStill. and we wanted to take the time to say THANK YOU to each and every one of our BACKERS and SUPPORTERS. Whether you backed our campaign or helped spread the word through social media or word of mouth, the success of our campaign couldn’t have been reached without your help. So from all of us at CineStill, THANK YOU!