After my last bout with 120 color film, I wasn’t eager to try again. But I had a roll of CineStill 50 Daylight on hand that I wanted to try, so I delved right in. I’ve never shot this slow of a film before, either in B&W or color. It promises fine grain and I was excited to see how it performs. A bright, sunny day was the perfect occasion to shoot this daylight balanced film. I put it in my Agfa Isolette III (quickly becoming a favortie piece of gear in my collection) and shot all 12 frames in one day. At $15 a roll, that’s $1.25 per frame (not counting shipping and development costs). Compare that to the exact same film sold at the same price but in 35mm format and 36 exposures which comes out to about 42 cents per frame. If my math is correct, it’s three times more expensive per frame when comparing medium format to 35mm. But, I digress.

It was a relief to know I hadn’t lost my touch.

I really didn’t want a repeat of the trouble I had loading my last roll of 120 onto the film reel. Thankfully, I got this roll loaded with no problems at all, taking just a few minutes from start to finish. It was a relief to know I hadn’t lost my touch.

The development went off without a hitch. I noticed after I scanned the negatives, however, some weird artifacts visible in a few of the images. That’s not a fault of the film or the camera, but of me neglecting to thoroughly rinse the negatives after development. Lesson learned! But the images are tack sharp and, as promised, have a super fine grain. The colors are vibrant and well balanced. I’ll be buying more of this film!