Candido 50 - 35mm Colour Negative Film

Kodak's slowest cinema stock, the finest grained of the Candido four, ready for any C-41 lab.

It asks for a great deal of light. In return it gives you negatives with barely any grain at all.

Candido 50 35mm Film is an ISO 50 daylight balanced colour negative film built on Kodak Vision3 motion picture stock and sold by some retailers as Candido 50D, with the remjet removed so it develops in standard C-41. Extremely fine grain, controlled contrast and natural colour. DX coded steel canister, 36 exposures.

What Makes Candido 50 Habit-Forming

Kodak Vision3 50D

Vision3 50D is Kodak's daylight cinema stock for bright, sunny conditions. Reviewers of the Kodak stock describe it as very fine grained, with high colour accuracy and excellent dynamic range, and it is one of the Vision3 films that works well in ordinary C-41 chemistry. Candido removes the remjet before spooling, so there is no pre-wash or specialist lab required.

The CineStill 50D Comparison

CineStill 50D is also based on Kodak Vision3 50D with the remjet removed. If you have shot and liked CineStill 50D, Candido 50 is the natural film to compare it with.

Grain You Will Struggle to Find

At ISO 50, grain all but disappears. One long-time Vision3 shooter called 50D practically grainless, with particularly true greens. It is the Candido film for large prints and close crops.

ISO 50 Needs Light

This is a bright sun, studio or tripod film. On a grey British afternoon you will be at slow shutter speeds very quickly, and indoors without strong light it is the wrong choice. For everyday daylight, Candido 400 gives you three stops more to work with.

Where It Shines

Landscapes in good light, product and studio work, portraits by a big window or under controlled lighting, and anything that will be printed large. Controlled contrast and natural colour make it a more measured film than the rest of the range.

Halation, Occasionally

With no remjet, the brightest highlights can still glow, but in the conditions this film is shot in it is a subtle effect rather than the defining look it is on Candido 800.

Standard C-41

Ordinary colour chemistry, and we develop, scan and print it in house.

Is Candido 50 the same as CineStill 50D?

They work the same way. Both are Kodak Vision3 cinema film with the remjet removed so they process in C-41, and Candido 50 is sold by some retailers as Candido 50D, the same base stock as CineStill 50D. They come from different companies, but you should expect closely comparable results.

What is Candido 50 good for?

Bright daylight and controlled lighting: landscapes, product and studio work, portraits in good light, and anything you intend to print large. It has the finest grain in the Candido range. It is not a low-light film, so for grey days and interiors choose Candido 400, 200 or 800 instead.

Best For Landscape, product, studio and portrait work in good light, and photographers who want the cleanest possible 35mm colour negative. Once you have shot it, send it our way. We develop, scan and print C-41 in house, and a negative this fine is worth the larger scan.

Perfect for: CineStill 50D fans, landscape photographers with a tripod, studio and product photographers, anyone planning to print big, and anyone whose dependency has become particular about grain.

Candido 50 is the least forgiving of the four Candido films about light, and the most rewarding when it gets enough. It is the opposite of Candido 800 in almost every way, which is exactly why the two sit well in the same bag. Also in the Candido 50, 200, 400 & 800 bundle, alongside Candido 200 and Candido 800. More Candido film, posted from North Essex.