Developing Film At Home With The Cinestill Cs41 Kit

In the film community, you may have heard the saying - “Stay broke, shoot film”. Anyone who shoots film is familiar with the expenses associated. First, buying a roll of film will set you back around $8 - $15, depending on the brand (Kodak, Fuji, Ilford, Lomography, etc), stock (Gold 200, Turquoise, black & white), and size (120, 35mm, etc). After you’re done photographing memes and/or antique cars and whatnot, you’ve got to develop and scan your film so you can see your images. In the city I live in, Vancouver, developing a roll of 135 film will set you back around $10. Combine development with a low resolution scan that’s good enough for Instagram and you’ll spend $26. All in, you usually spend somewhere around $1.50 per image, which may not sound too bad. In a serious photography practice however, you may end up shooting 3 - 5 rolls in a session. At that rate, the costs start to add up quickly.