ReflxLab 800T

ReflxLab 800T is the Shenzhen answer to CineStill 800T. The base emulsion is the same Kodak Vision3 500T motion picture stock, the 5219, with the rem-jet anti-halation backing stripped at the respooler so the film runs through standard C-41. The price is the difference. ReflxLab sells three 36-exposure rolls for around forty dollars shipped worldwide, roughly half the per-roll cost of equivalent CineStill stock.

The halation behavior is the same red bloom around point lights that defines the CineStill look. Cause is identical: with rem-jet removed, light passes through the emulsion, bounces off the pressure plate, and returns through the red-sensitive layer. Neon signs, headlights, and tungsten bulbs all wear the soft halo. Some reviewers report the ReflxLab version with slightly more saturation than CineStill, possibly because fresher Kodak coatings reach the respooler.

ReflxLab also gives you the option of ECN-2 processing instead of C-41. ECN-2 is the native Vision3 chemistry and returns somewhat brighter, more accurate color than the C-41 cross-process. Most labs do not run ECN-2 and any surcharge is meaningful, but if you have access to a motion-picture lab the option is there.

Tungsten balance means daylight scenes need an 85B filter or a one-stop overexposure to compensate. Without correction, blue skies render aqua and skin tones go cool. The film was built for indoor incandescent and night street work where the tungsten balance is the whole point.

Format is 35mm only, in DX-coded 36-exposure cassettes. Production is current from Reflx Lab in Shenzhen, who also produce a 400D daylight variant from Vision3 5207 stock.

Reciprocity exponent is 1.10. Zone Light Meter applies the correction past one second. A metered 10-second exposure becomes about 13 seconds at the negative, mild enough that night-street shooting on a tripod barely notices it. For deep night work past a minute the correction matters, but Kodak does not publish a still curve for Vision3. Bracket if the shot matters.