{"id":649,"date":"2025-08-24T10:43:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T17:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/?p=649"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T19:10:57","slug":"downtown-with-gold-tones-cinestill-400d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/2025\/08\/24\/downtown-with-gold-tones-cinestill-400d\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown with Gold Tones (CineStill 400D)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I continue to work through my stockpile of pre-COVID-era refrigerated films, I also want to try new-to-me films.\u00a0 While I would happily use the subset of my old favorites which are still manufactured,\u00a0 I also want to explore my options.\u00a0 This inspired me to put CineStill 400D into my Fuji GS645S, my newest camera, and try this film out on a sunny day, both indoors and out.<\/p>\n<p>Relative to my experience with Kodak, it&#8217;s very gold.\u00a0 I think it provides the sort of look that Lomo is 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src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/aeg-gg-theater-690001.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"657\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Red Golden Gate Theater marquee on a sunny day with a pale blue sky\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/08\/aeg-gg-theater-690001\/3079613088.jpeg\" 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