CineStill Cs41 Color Simplified 2-Bath C-41 Powder Kit (24 Rolls)

Love this stuff. It makes developing color C41 film super easy to do at home. Instructions are easy to follow and every roll I’ve developed using these chemicals have came out great. I highly recommend getting a sous vide to regulate the temperature of your chemical solutions when developing.

I do a fair amount of C-41 developing at home. 10-20 rolls per month. I use this in conjunction with the AGO film processor and a sous vide hot water bath to keep my chems up proper temps. I do find that heating the chems to 104-106F helps as the temp drops to 102F rather quickly in my paterson tank as measured by the AGO. I tried another powder C-41 develpor, Arista, and it also worked well, but he instructions took a bit more deciphering than the Cinestill. So going forward I decided to just stick with this as I know how it works and the results are great. If I do find a review that another developer yields better results I may switch, but I cannot imagine how much better that would be as this is fine for my purposes.

The photos came out great and it was simple and easy to use

I have used multiple C-41 kits (Arista, Unicolor, Cinestill) across both 120 and 135(35mm) formats and as far as powered kits go this two-bath kit from Cinestill seems to be the best. Mixes quite well and easily as long as you follow the instructions. Modern films generally have no need for a stabilizer bath although if it was included with this kit I would still use it. However, I have encountered no short terms issues/complaints from not using the stabilizer. I've included a random selection of photos developed over time using this particular kit. Images are a combination of Portra 400/160 and Ektar 100.

I ordered the powder version of Cinestill CS41 and instead I received the liquid version. Cinestill products are awesome and my rating has nothing to do with Cinestill but the seller.

Easy to use

Recieved the liquid version of this kit which is fine, I dont really care as long as it gets the job done. But the box it arrived in is literally falling apart. When I opened the package (the box was in a amazon bag) everything came crashing out onto my floor and I was super worried it was gonna break open and spill. All was fine thankfully but geez would like for the box not to disintegrate

Simple to use and works great!!