TRIPS / 35MM FILM

KODAK DOUBLE X IN COPENHAGEN

GLOOMY DAYS IN THE CITY CALL FOR DRAMATIC B&W FILM, BUT THIS TIME I DECIDED TO SHOOT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THIS IS KODAK DOUBLE X.

These days everyone’s talking about the cost of film in all sizes and stocks from a dwindling selection of manufacturers. Film photography has become a passionate hobby for so many and forced those who don’t appreciate the medium unfortunately out of the market due to the high cost. Into the ring steps motion picture cinematic film.

Zeb Zakovics

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Kodak Double X Motion Picture Film

Like I have mentioned so many times before, film in all shapes and sizes is getting more costly to shoot and everyone is taking more care with their shots than ever before. Kodak Double X motion picture film is re-spooled from larger rolls (cinema camera tins) to firstly offer the film in a 35mm 36-shot format that can fit inside a regular consumers camera, as well as reducing the price per roll of film for the consumer.

I haven’t shot anywhere near enough of this film stock to fully understand it, the shades, tones and highlights react differently every time I shoot something, even in comparable lighting scenarios. However I still chose Kodak Double X to be the main roll of film I shot with on my most recent trip to Copenhagen, Denmark.

Re-spooled professionally by Analogue Revival, an online store for getting hold of rare & affordable motion picture film stocks, Kodak Double X costs much less than its regular consumer-grade counterparts. Currently at the time of writing, rolls of this motion picture 35mm film is £6.75 (£6.95 with a DX code for your point-and-shoot cameras) which is a fair price considering that the film stock isn’t designed to be shot in regular cameras.

Unlike other cinematic films from Kodak such as Kodak Vision3 50D/250D/200T/500T, Kodak Double X black & white film doesn’t have the dreaded rem-jet layer everyone worries about. This means that your black & white shots taken on Kodak Double X can go through your local film labs regular B&W process. This in turn also saves a bit of money even compared to ECN-2 processed films such as Vision3, that on average cost about £4 more per roll to develop than standard C-41 process films.

So far I’m loving the look and feel of Kodak Double X especially in urban environments such as Copenhagen. All of these images showcased here were taken on the same 35mm roll of film from Analogue Revival and developed and scanned by Take It Easy Lab.

Try it out

If you like the look of the B&W shots I captured with Kodak Double X and would like to give it a go, click on the button to order direct from Analogue Revival.

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