Cinemot Amália

35mm B&W film shot on the Contax T3

I don’t often shoot black and white film, but when I do, it leaves me wanting more.

I’m a colour shooter. I’m attracted to colour, I think in colour. The whole process of trying to imagine a scene in monochrome is somewhat alien to me.

So when the folks at Cinemot in Portugal sent me 6 rolls of film - 5 of them black and white - I was a little nervous. Would I do their film justice?

I brought out the big guns for this one. I shot Amália on my Contax T3 - one of the best point and shoot cameras ever made. But even when shooting the roll, I was doubting myself.

I was excited to see this old Datsun at a local garage again. I’ve shot it a few times on colour film. After I took the shots I remembered I had B&W film loaded and I wondered if it would look any good. I needn’t have worried - the T3 / Amália combination looks fantastic!

If you’re keen on getting your hands on some of this luscious film, check out Cinemot’s website. They sell a range of repackaged B&W and colour film at good prices. If you’re ever in Portugal, they also have a film lab.

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If you’re keen to see more sample shots of this film, check out my latest YouTube video. I even give you a hint of what repackaged film this could be.

Reader poll

How often do you like seeing new Matt Loves Cameras posts? I have so many rolls of film and so many digital travel images up my sleeve, but I don’t want to spam you all with too many posts.

I will resume the colour Ricoh GR3 China photos soon, hopefully with a new video to go with it. Then I still have quite a few Japan travel photos from last November to get through.

Cheers

Matt