Current note: Cinestill films are based on professional cinema films. This means that the shelf life of the untreated raw material ex works is approx. is 15-20 months. After that, Cinestill in the USA has to remove the Remjet layer and the pre-treated material is then spooled in the EU. This process takes time and freight times have also increased due to COVID. Raw materials are often missing in the supply chain, which means that the spooling and packaging process can come to a standstill. Even though we were sometimes able to sell material with a shelf life of 18 months or more before COVID, it can currently happen that these shelf lives are shorter. According to Cinestill, a film is fresh when it is offered by the respective retailer with a shelf life of 6 months (or more). The CineStill.
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